problem logging xp machine / win 2k machine into samba domain

[Daniel Frencham]

Use the account "root" and the root pass of the PDC to join the machine to
the domain.

Dan


----- Original Message -----
From: "ffoss" <ffoss at hotpop.com>
To: <samba-ntdom at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 5:52 PM
Subject: problem logging xp machine / win 2k machine into samba domain


> Samba works great with win 98, but I have been knocking my head against
> the wall trying to join a win 2k and a win xp machine to the network. I
> have created the machine accounts (correctly I hope :-) ) machinename$
> and user accounts in both Linux and samba. The registry has been changed
> on the xp machine.
>
> When I try to join the name I get (with good password and user root)
>
> The following error occurred attempting to join the domain "WG":
> The specified user does not exist.
>
> If I try with a bad password (same user name):
> The following error occurred attempting to join the domain "WG":
> Logon Failure: unknown user name or bad password
>
> It must be matching the user name / password, otherwise why would I get
> a different error when I use a bad password????? Unless of course the
> first error is the result of the machine name. machine name is fred
> machine account is fred$
>
> User root exists in both /etc/passwd and /etc/samba/smbpasswd, but with
> different passwords the machine appears in both
>
> What to heck am I missing?????????
>
> Thanx fred
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