Machine accounts?

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

> - - 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.

no.
 
> - - 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:

they are called trust accounts.  read NT documentation and the samba list
archives for info on what and why of trust accounts.  the samba archives
probably contain more info than the NT docs.

> - - 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

yes.  you know about Unix?  well, you also need to know about NT, now.
and you also need to know what samba's equivalency from NT to Unix is, and
what samba's feature set is (what's supported and what isn't).

this list's as good a place to start as any.

good luck!

luke