Removing Machine account passwd and smbpasswd entries when machine leaves domain

[Greg Zartman]

Is there anything in the works to remove machine account entries on the
smbpasswd and passwd databases automatically when a win NT/2000/xp machine
leaves a domain?

Regards,

Greg J. Zartman

----- Original Message -----
From: Jens Schwepe <js at mail.ic-bremen.de>
To: <samba-ntdom at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 3:30 PM
Subject: creating a generic disk image for nt clients


> hi,
>
> this may be abit off topic, but at least...
> maybe i reach someone with the knowledge to give me advice :)
>
> i am running an internet cafe with samba pdc and nt4 clients.
> as people keep installing/deinstalling software, erasing files,
downloading
> stuff etc.
> i setup every client with linux and winnt. with "dd if=/dev/hda1 | gzip -c
> --best > diskimage.gz" i backed up the initial windows installation and
via
> cron-script re-write it on disk every night. thus the nt client is
"freshly
> installed" every morning :D
>
> now i hate to have all those different backups on the server. i'd rather
like
> to have one initial backup re-written to every client, which then gets his
> customization while booting.
> concerning the ip-address, network and wins, this i have done with a
central
> dhcp server, presenting fixed ip's based on the mac-address of the network
> card.
>
> but, i cannot set the machine's name and domain-password via this way. so
i
> thought of the cron-script in linux:
> it would be possible to re-write the disk-image, mounting it and only
overwrite
> the registry and the file where the machine's passwort is stored.
>
> this is my question (finally *g*):
> 'cos i am no windows freak, which files do i have to store ? e.g. which is
the
> registry file, and in which file is the machine's password stored ?
>
>
>
> yours,
> jens
>
> js at ic-bremen.de
> www.ic-bremen.de
>
>
>