Thoughts on problems with W2K joining ...

[David Bannon]

Hi Folks,

With so many people having problems joining a W2K to samba 2.2 domain
recently, I feel a bit mean that that mine works. So I thought I'd try and
get it to stop working. Here is how I managed to get some of the error
messages that other people are experiencing...

(These various [messages] are so wordy I have listed them below.)

When there is an entry in /etc/passwd but not in smbpasswd for the machine :

If I attempt to make a W2K machine join the domain and (deliberatly) use a
username/passwd that won't work, get told so [message A], OK, try again
using 'root' and an appropriate passwd get [message B], OK, cancel, try
again, (reenter domain name) then I get the LONG DELAY, get the Welcome
message, reboot and get told [message C], no logon !

After this, I can logon as the local administrator, leave the domain,
reboot and join without difficulty as long as I only attempt to use 'root'
as the 'account with permission to join the domain' and don't try anything
else first.

So it seems that the problem sounds a bit like the 'existing set of
credentials' that can plague NT when you want to connect using a
(non-standard) username/passwd. Ring any bells ??

[Message A]
"The account used is a computer account. Use your Global user account or
local user account to access this server."

[Message B]
"The remote procedure call failed."

[Message C]
"The system cannot log you on to this domain because the systems computer
account in its primary domain is missing or the password on that account is
incorrect."

[Message D]
"No mapping between account names and security ID was done."
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David Bannon                      D.Bannon at latrobe.edu.au
School of Biochemistry            Phone 61 03 9479 2197
La Trobe University, Plenty Rd,   Fax   61 03 9479 2467
Bundoora, Vic, Australia, 3083    http://bioserve.latrobe.edu.au
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