Machine accounts?

Steve Frampton frampton at j-com.co.jp
Fri Jan 21 05:40:39 GMT 2000


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Hello:

I set up a Samba-based secondary domain controller yesterday (by following
the directions in the excellent document at
http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-1999-05/lw-05-thereandback.html).  I
have a couple of questions:

- - Can a domain name not be the same as the machine name?  I had set up my
system as "TokyoTest" and my NT domain/workgroup as "TokyoTest" and
scratched my head for hours, wondering why nothing was working.  I then
happened to try it with a different workgroup name, and it worked fine.

- - I'm a little confused about machine accounts.  For testing, I used a
laptop running Win95 whose machine name was set to "User63".  Therefore, I
set up a User63$ account in /etc/passwd:

USER63$:x:803:800:NT dummy account:/dev/null:/bin/false

and then used "smbpasswd -a -m USER63" to create the corresponding entry
in /etc/smbpasswd.  I was under the impression that one was needed in
order for authentication to work.  However, after my laptop died this
afternoon, I grabbed another one, and was able to get authenticated.  So
- -- can I just forget about the bother of creating about a hundred machine
accounts then?  :-)

- - I'm preparing to set up a Netatalk service with the same file shares as
offered by Samba.  Is there something I should be aware of with regard to
domain controller?  I've done this (Samba/Netatalk combo) before, but I've
never had to set up a domain controller before.

Thanks in advance...

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