The Account Used is a Computer Account.

[Patrick]

I had the same problem.  And what I found out as magnus was the password sync
was enabled.

Patrick

"Pettersson, Magnus" wrote:

> TRy changing the character maps in samba, and comment out the password sync,
> if you are using it.
> I had the same problem, trying to join a w2k with a samba_2_2, and after I
> hacked around, commenting out bit by bit It worked...
>
> /magnus
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Eric Pilger [mailto:pilger at kahana.higp.hawaii.edu]
> > Sent: den 18 januari 2001 03:53
> > To: samba-ntdom
> > Subject: The Account Used is a Computer Account.
> >
> >
> > What the heck does this mean. I posted this once before, but got no
> > response. I figured it was just my setup, but now someone else has
> > posted the same problem, so I know it's not just me.
> >
> > I removed all the old stuff, downloaded the latest SAMBA_2_2 from CVS
> > last week, recompiled and reinstalled. Still no luck.
> >
> > I have now tried on Solaris 8 and Redhat 6.2. From a hotpatched Win2K
> > and a pristine Win2K. I have tried 4 character domains and 5 character
> > domains. Always it is the same.
> >
> > Go to join domain.
> > Enter "root" and appropriate password.
> > Wait a bit, get the following response:
> >
> > "The Account Used is a Computer Account. Use Your Global User
> > Account or
> > Local User Account to Access the Server."
> >
> > Try again and get:
> >
> > "Procedure Number Out of Range."
> >
> > Try again and get:
> >
> > "The Account ..."
> >
> > and so on, ad infinitum. It also edits the smbpasswd file for me and
> > disables the machine entry.
> >
> > What the heck is the difference between a computer account, a global
> > user account and a local computer account? What is generating this
> > message?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Eric J. Pilger
> >
> > Systems Administrator
> >
> > Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology/SOEST
> >
> > pilger at pgd.hawaii.edu
> >
> > (808)956-6321
> >
> >
> >