NT_STATUS_INVALID_COMPUTER_NAME

[Romeril, Alan]

Hi Gerd,
The password server keyword takes the netbios name of the machine you want
to authenticate against, not its IP address.

Regards
Alan

-----Original Message-----
From: Gerd Georg-Muthweiss [mailto:Gerd.Georg-Muthweiss at germany.sun.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 11:02 AM
To: samba-ntdom at us5.samba.org
Subject: NT_STATUS_INVALID_COMPUTER_NAME


 Hello,

we are using Samba 2.0.7 (source code/recompiled with standart-options) 
on a RED HAT 7 (2.4.0-test9) as a domain member 
the passwd Server Server is a NT4 SP6 PDC. I've joint the SMB-Serer 
sucessfully to the Domain but the authentication doesn't runs. It would 
be very nice, if there is someone which could explain me the Logging 
entry, specially the point 
NT_STATUS_INVALID_COMPUTER_NAME. 

Thanks for help,

Gerd


 Smb.conf

 # Security
 #
 encrypt passwords = yes
 security = domain
 password server = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (IP-Adress of the NT-BDC)
 #password level = 8
 #username level = 8

 #
 #Logging
 #
 log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
 log level = 3
 max log size = 5000

 #
 #Browser Control
 #
  local master = no
  os level = 17
  preferred master = no

 #
 #Wins Control
 #
 wins support = no
 wins server = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (IP-Adress of the Wins-Server PDC)
 name resolve order = wins lmhosts broadcast

 ... shares...






 [2000/12/05 11:35:47, 0] rpc_client/cli_netlogon.c:cli_net_req_chal(248)
   cli_net_req_chal: Error NT_STATUS_INVALID_COMPUTER_NAME
 [2000/12/05 11:35:47, 0] rpc_client/cli_login.c:cli_nt_setup_creds(49)
   cli_nt_setup_creds: request challenge failed
 [2000/12/05 11:35:47, 0]
 smbd/password.c:connect_to_domain_password_server(1262)
   connect_to_domain_password_server: unable to setup the PDC credentials
 to machine 129.157.139.51. Error was : NT_STATUS_INVALID_COMPUTER_NAME.
 [2000/12/05 11:35:47, 0] smbd/password.c:domain_client_validate(1454)
   domain_client_validate: Domain password server not available.
 [2000/12/05 11:35:47, 1] smbd/password.c:pass_check_smb(500)
   Couldn't find user 'gg99858' in smb_passwd file.