Samba2.2alpha1

[Eric Pilger]

Jonathan Graham wrote:

> > This is another interesting point. I had ignored the "adduser" parameter altogether
> > because I shouldn't be adding any users at this point in the game. They are supposedly
> > there already. I added it in on someones suggestion, and then noted it failing in the
> > log file. I checked it from the command line and discovered that it is failing because
> > the user which it is trying to add (the machine account), already exists. Why is it
> > trying to add the machine account when it already exists?
>
> I'm assuming here that when one joins the domain the assumption for W2K
> machines is that no Machine account exists.
>

The FAQ used to very clearly indicate that you had to create the machine account BEFORE
trying to join the domain. It presently is less clear and I am unsure which you're supposed
to do.

I have now tried it without the machine name in /etc/passwd. It now fails because I can't
add a username that ends with $. I try replacing "useradd" with "usermod". This succeeds,
but the join still fails. The log file tells me:

[2001/01/26 10:41:03, 0] rpc_server/srv_netlog.c:get_md4pw(299)
  get_md4pw: Workstation FMISPC$: no account in domain

Well, I'm making some small progress, but not nearly enough...sigh


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Eric J. Pilger

Systems Administrator

Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology/SOEST

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