problems joining a NT domain

[Scott Mann]

Stephan,

There may be other ways to do this, but here is how I got
it working.

Assume that your W2K domain controller is called W2K for DOMAIN
and your Linux/Samba client is lsam.

On W2K go to "Active Directory Users and Computers." Select
Action->New->Computer (if you've already done this, delete the
existing entry first). When the window to add the computer
comes up, fill in the computer name field and then click the
Change button to the right of the "User or group:" grayed out
field. A pop-up list will display---select "Pre-Windows 2000
Compatible." Then complete the add computer process by clicking
OK (or Apply--whatever it is).

At this point you can go to the Linux/samba systems and
execute:

lsam# smbpasswd -j DOMAIN

NOTE: do not use -r or -U.

At this point the system "lsam" should be joined in the domain.

Hope this helps.
Scott


Stephan Scheufen wrote:
> 
> Hello folks,
> 
> i have _no_ idea what i can do against this error message:
> -----------------------------------------------
> ebv-nettetal-ns:/etc # smbpasswd -j EBV_NETTETAL -r EBV-NETTETAL-NT
> 
> cli_net_auth2: Error NT_STATUS_NO_TRUST_SAM_ACCOUNT
> cli_nt_setup_creds: auth2 challenge failed
> modify_trust_password: unable to setup the PDC credentials to machine
> EBV-NETTETAL-NT. Error was : NT_STATUS_NO_TRUST_SAM_ACCOUNT.
> 2001/10/22 16:54:05 : change_trust_account_password: Failed to change
> password for domain EBV_NETTETAL.
> Unable to join domain EBV_NETTETAL.
> ebv-nettetal-ns:/etc #
> -----------------------------------------------
> 
> can someboda please explain or tell me how i can get rid of that?
> 
> regards
> Stephan