smbpasswd -j <domain> -r <pdc> won't work for me!

[Buchan Milne]

Samba 2.0.7 does not allow you to make a trust account from samba. This
mus be done on the PDC.

Buchan

Rob Tanner wrote:
> 
> I've been using SAMBA for a while, but this my first effort running it
> on LINUX, and I'm not sure if that has anything to do with my problem
> or not.
> 
> This is what I typed and the response I got:
> 
> [root at uranus]# smbpasswd -j EUROPA -r SATURN
> doing parameter syslog = 10
> doing parameter log file = /usr/local/samba/var/log.%m
> doing parameter announce as = NT Workstation
> doing parameter deadtime = 15
> doing parameter lpq cache time = 30
> doing parameter socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY
> doing parameter local master = No
> doing parameter wins server = 10.219.255.244
> doing parameter admin users = rtanner
> doing parameter hosts allow = 10.
> doing parameter hosts deny = 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
> pm_process() returned Yes
> added interface ip=10.219.255.245 bcast=10.219.255.255 nmask=255.255.0.0
> resolve_lmhosts: Attempting lmhosts lookup for name SATURN<0x20>
> resolve_hosts: Attempting host lookup for name SATURN<0x20>
> Connecting to 10.219.255.240 at port 139
> cli_net_auth2: Error NT_STATUS_NO_TRUST_SAM_ACCOUNT
> cli_nt_setup_creds: auth2 challenge failed
> modify_trust_password: unable to setup the PDC credentials to machine
> SATURN. Error was : NT_STATUS_NO_TRUST_SAM_ACCOUNT.
> 2000/09/26 14:17:43 : change_trust_account_password: Failed to change
> password for domain EUROPA.
> Unable to join domain EUROPA.
> 
> I'm afraid my NT guy can't tell me any more than it's complaining  that
> there's no trust account for my machine, but that's what I'm supposedly
> trying to set up.
> 
> The pertinent numbers are NT4 service pack 6 on the Microsoft side, and
> rh 6.2 and Samba 2.0.7 on the LINUX side.
> 
> I have gone through DOMAIN_MEMBER.txt to make sure everything is set up
> correctly.   There is a /usr/local/samba/private directory.  The
> samba.conf file is configured almost identically to another samba box
> running on solaris 7 that is a full participant in the domain I'm
> trying to get the LINUX box into.  And all the daemons are stopped.
> Unfortunately, DOMAIN_MEMBER.txt doesn't provide any trouble-shooting
> tips, so here I am.
> 
> Can anybody tell me what is actually happening and what the problem
> might be?
> 
> Thanks,
> Rob
> 
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>   Rob Tanner
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