Can't join domain with current CVS (SAMBA_TNG)

Peter Samuelson peter at cadcamlab.org
Wed Aug 23 12:24:11 GMT 2000


[Steve Langasek <vorlon at netexpress.net>]
> An NT workstation will join the domain run by the TNG PDC.  This
> works pretty well, and after joining the workstation to the domain,
> I'm able to run smbclient against the NT workstation and authenticate
> using a username and password from the domain.  However, I can't log
> onto the workstation locally using any credentials from the domain;
> only local NT users can log in.

This sounds stupid, but have you populated your smbpasswd file with all
the users and initial passwords you will need on the clients?  Remember
that you are in "encryption=yes" mode so you can't rely on /etc/passwd.

> Possibly unrelated is the fact that a Unix server running TNG cannot join
> the domain.

No suggestions here, sounds like a plain bug.

Peter




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