Thoughts on problems with W2K joining ...

[Steeve]

Richard Sharpe wrote:
> 
> At 12:41 PM 12/7/00 +0100, gandalf at mail.rss.cz wrote:
> >
> >Sorry to be unclear, it is workgroup parameter in the smb.conf
> >For now, I tried four names (with the otherwise identical
> >configuration) ->
> >
> >TGROUP does not work
> >TGRP does not work
> >GRP works
> >GRPKP works
> 
> Damn, it looks like an alignment issue as Andrew said. An odd length
> workgroup name seems to work, while an even length one does not! Win2K is
> more fussy about alignment. I did not try changing the workgroup when I
> tested. That gives me a clue to what the problem is.
> 
> Thank you very much!!!!

Damn is right.  I had a 6 character domain name, renamed
it to 3, restarted samba and joined the domain exactly
as expected (although it is the first time I've ever
joined a domain so I can't really say this :)

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