help, samba/nt/pdc domain passwd server not available?

number9 number9 at net-connect.net
Tue Jan 16 03:31:42 GMT 2001


Hello, I have a problem with samba, and the FAQs do not seem to have the
answer to this:

I have a linux proxy server connected to a public IP network and a
private IP network.
On the public side is a NT server (don't ask) and on the private side
are the workstation
that we wish to have log into the NT server to map drives, etc. After
first installing samba,
it seemed to work. They logged on, saw the network, saw the NT server.
The workstations
are running win2K.

That is where the problem started. They can not change thier passwords.
If they do so
they can not log back on and must revert to the old ones. After
restarting samba, they
can now no longer log onto the domain, however, they can ping the NT
server (the NT
server can not ping them) and now samba gives errors after trying
smbpasswd -j <domain> -r <pdcname>        #the names have been changed
to protect the innocent.

Here is my smb.conf file:

[global]
  client code page = 950
   workgroup = workgroup
   netbios name = cache
   server string = e-smith samba server
   hosts allow = 127.0.0.1 <public IP>/255.255.255.255
192.168.2.0/255.255.255.0
   interfaces = 127.0.0.1 eth*
   log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
   max log size = 50
   security = server
   password server = <netbios name>
   guest ok = yes
   guest account = public
   map to guest = bad user
  encrypt passwords = yes
  smb passwd file = /etc/smbpasswd
    bind interfaces only = yes
   remote browse sync = <PDC IP address>
   remote announce = <public network> 192.168.2.0

   local master = no
   os level = 33
   domain master = no
   preferred master = no
   browseable = yes
name resolve order = wins lmhosts bcast
   wins server = <PDC IP address>
   wins proxy = yes
   dns proxy = no
  preserve case = yes
  short preserve case = yes
  case sensitive = no
   domain logons = yes
   logon script = netlogon.bat

This is a log.workstation log file:

[2001/01/15 10:44:19, 0]
smbd/password.c:connect_to_domain_password_server(1262)
  connect_to_domain_password_server: unable to setup the PDC credentials
to machine <PDC IP address>. Error was :
NT_STATUS_INVALID_COMPUTER_NAME.
[2001/01/15 10:44:19, 0] smbd/password.c:domain_client_validate(1454)
  domain_client_validate: Domain password server not available.
[2001/01/15 10:44:19, 1] smbd/password.c:pass_check_smb(492)
  Couldn't find user 'joyce' in UNIX password database.
[2001/01/15 10:44:19, 1] smbd/password.c:pass_check_smb(492)
  Couldn't find user 'joyce' in UNIX password database.
[2001/01/15 10:44:25, 0] smbd/service.c:make_connection(502)
  Can't change directory to /home/netlogon (No such file or directory)
[2001/01/15 10:44:25, 0] smbd/service.c:make_connection(502)
  Can't change directory to /home/netlogon (No such file or directory)
[2001/01/15 10:44:27, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection(550)
  banyo (192.168.2.17) connect to service Primary as user public
(uid=101, gid=103) (pid 4156)
[2001/01/15 10:45:42, 1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(583)
  banyo (192.168.2.17) closed connection to service Primary

log.nmb is merely full of 100s of these:

 process_name_refresh_request: unicast name registration request
received for name DURBAN<00> from IP 192.168.2.11 on subnet
UNICAST_SUBNET.
[2001/01/15 16:10:41, 0]
nmbd/nmbd_incomingrequests.c:process_name_refresh_request(181)
  Error - should be sent to WINS server


Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.





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