RPC failed/No mapping...

[Armand Welsh]

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# Samba SMB password file
apwelsh:502:numbers:numbers:[U          ]:LCT-3A53E2B9:
craig:503:numbers:numbers:[U          ]:LCT-39C6AC93:
valerie:505:numbers:numbers:[U          ]:LCT-39C6ACA3:
root:0:numbers:numbers:[U          ]:LCT-3A3876AE:
NELSON$:506:numbers:numbers:[W          ]:LCT-3A387A97:
nrfan:507:numbers:numbers:[U          ]:LCT-3A47951C:

also, passwd:
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
apwelsh:x:502:506::/home/apwelsh:/bin/bash
craig:x:503:507::/dev/null:/bin/false
justin:x:504:508::/dev/null:/bin/false
valerie:x:505:509::/dev/null:/bin/false
NELSON$:x:506:500:NTMachine:/dev/null:/bin/false
nrfan:x:507:511::/home/nrfan:/bin/bash

and, group:
root:x:0:root
apwelsh:x:506:
craig:x:507:
justin:x:508:
valerie:x:509:
machines:x:500:
NTadmins:x:510:root,apwelsh
nrfan:x:511:


(filtered to protect my system :)  )

now, what I do, is I delete the machine entry from smbpasswd, and the I add
it manually, as the FAQ states.  After creating the entry manually, I also
delete the root user entry from smbpasswd.  Then I create a new root user
entry, "smbpasswd -a root", then just to be safe, I use "smbpasswd -e root",
and lastly I set a password for root with "smbpasswd root".  Creating the
machine trust account, is as simple as "smbpasswd -a -m NELSON$" (from the
FAQ).

Then I reboot the win2K machine, log in locally as administrator, join the
computer onto the domain, when it asks for the domain, I enter the domain,
in all upper case, when it asks for authentication, I enter root for user
name, and the password I created with smbpasswd for root.  Sometimes it
doesn't work 1st try.  If it failed, then I just try again.  After a few
tries, it joins me into the domain.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric P. McCoy" <emccoy at hamilton.edu>
To: <samba-ntdom at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 3:16 PM
Subject: RPC failed/No mapping...


> *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro*
> I upgraded to the HEAD version in the hopes that it would solve other
> problems.  Now I think I'm completely where everyone else is.
>
> Immediately after install, I tried again, and got the "No mapping..."
error
> that someone else has just mentioned.  I tried changing the machine name
to
> all capitals, which produced the "RPC failed" error.  I put it back and
got
> the "No mapping..." error again.
>
> Then I regenerated smbpasswd from scratch.  I noticed that the "W" flag
was
> now set for the machine.  I tried unsetting it to see what would happen,
> and then it caused the "RPC failed" error.  I turned it on again, got back
> to "No mapping..." and set "W" for "root," and got the "RPC failed"
> error.  I tried enabling or disabling W for all combinations of both the
> machine and root, and whenever W was set on both or neither, it'd cause
> "RPC failed."  When it was only set for one but not the other, it'd cause
> "No mapping..."
>
> Now, when everything is back just the way it was before, I _usually_ get
> the "RPC failed" error, but only _sometimes_ get the "No mapping..."
> error.  Bear in mind that this occurs randomly, and with no change.
(e.g.,
> I can try joining the domain 15 times in a row, and 3 times I will
randomly
> get "No mapping...", but all others I will get "RPC failed.")  Are some
> variables not being initialized properly?
>
> Lastly, there was a bug in the CVS code as of when I got it this
> afternoon.  Trivial to fix, but also trivial to detect - compilation died.
>
> --
> Eric P. McCoy <emccoy at hamilton.edu>
>
> "Jamaican?  I thought you were some sort of outer-space potato man!"
>
>
>