Domain unavailable / server not setup for transactions

[dennis at evers.2y.net]

In order for Winxp to logon to the samba domain you would have to change the 
following registry key.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet\Services\Netlogon\Parameters\requir
esignorseal

value to 0

In my case it solved the problem.

grtz,
Dennis

Quoting Stuart Fraser <succhi at hotmail.com>:

> I have tried numerous times to get PDC working but with the same problem
> 
> occuring over and over.  I use the smb.conf below with Samba2.2.1a and
> 
> Mandrake8.0.  My client is Win XP with passwd encryption on and the 
> suggested "domain member: signature.... (always)" option disabled.
> 
> I can join my client machine to the domain fine but when I try to logon
> I am 
> told my domain is unavailable.  So I logon to the local machine and try
> and 
> browse "Computers near me" and I get the message "UQI [Domain] is not 
> accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource.
> 
> Contact the .....  The server is not configured for transactions"
> 
> I can't even see my parents machine which is on the same lan.  I didn't
> have 
> any of the browse issues with Samba 2.0 no PDC setup.  I could see all
> 
> server shares and other machines attached to the lan.
> 
> I have scoured all the docs and almost all the mails and haven't found a
> 
> solution yet, anyone who has this problem and had a fix HELP ME
> please.
> 
> Stu
> 
> [global]
>         netbios name = DS7
> 	workgroup = UQI
>         os level = 64
>         preferred master = yes
> 	domain master = yes
>         local master = yes
> 	remote announce = 192.168.3.255
>         security = user
> 	password level = 7
>         encrypt passwords = yes
>         domain logons = yes
>     	logon drive = X:
>         logon script = logon.cmd
> 
>     hosts allow = 192.168.3. 127.
>     interfaces = 192.168.3.0/24
>     name resolve order = wins lmhosts bcast
>     wins support = yes
>     wins proxy = yes
>     dns proxy = no
>     log file = /usr/local/samba/var/log.%m
>     domain guest group = person1, person2, person3
>     domain admin group = root, person1
> 
> [netlogon]
>     	path = /usr/local/samba/lib/netlogon
> 	writeable = no
>         write list = root, person1
> 
> [homes]
> 	comment = Home Directories
> 	browsable = yes
> 	writable = yes
> 	force create mode = 0705
> 	force directory mode = 0705
> 
> 
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