Samba is trying to use hostname instead of username

[Kevin Colby]

The domain GYMNASIUM has an NT PDC, and NT4 clients in that domain
were instructed to logon to the domain HERCULES instead, right?
So you have a Samba server running as PDC for the domain HERCULES?
The NT clients are trying to properly join the new domain and lack
machine accounts, it seems.

If that is not what you were intending to do, perhaps you could
elaborate on the goal here.  Should the Samba server itself be a
member of GYMNASIUM?

	- Kevin Colby
	  kevinc at grainsystems.com


Jelmer Vernooij wrote:
> 
> There currently is a NT PDC in the network, but the samba server had
> a separate workgroup and the client was set to use that workgroup.
> 
> Pat wrote:
> > 
> > Are you using a Domain or just a workgroup?  If you are using a
> > Domain, is the Samab machine set up as the PDC or is it the member
> > of a NT controlled domain?
> >
> > Jelmer Vernooij wrote:
> > >
> > > I've just installed samba at a Linux server in a network with
> > > about 100 NT 4 clients. Everything is working fine... except
> > > for the password authentication.
> > >
> > > I did some research and found out that samba is trying to
> > > validate the password together with the HOSTNAME!