Trouble setting machine account password on PDC

[Byers, Rick]

> Hi,
> I'm trying to setup Samba 2.0.2 in security=domain mode.  My machine name
> (softy) has been added as a member of the domain (waterloo).  The
> smbpasswd -J option keeps giving me an error:
> 
> /usr/local/samba/var# ../bin/smbpasswd -D 3 -j WATERLOO
> resolve_name: Attempting lmhosts lookup for name 53SVR1<0x20>
> resolve_name: Attempting host lookup for name 53SVR1<0x20>
> Connecting to 153.77.8.128 at port 139
> modify_trust_password: machine 53SVR1 rejected the session setup. Error
> was : ERRSRV - ERRbadpw (Bad password - name/password pair in a Tree
> Connect or Session Setup are invalid.).
> resolve_name: Attempting lmhosts lookup for name 53SVR2<0x20>
> resolve_name: Attempting host lookup for name 53SVR2<0x20>
> Connecting to 153.77.8.129 at port 139
> modify_trust_password: machine 53SVR2 rejected the session setup. Error
> was : ERRSRV - ERRbadpw (Bad password - name/password pair in a Tree
> Connect or Session Setup are invalid.).
> 1999/04/16 13:28:41 : change_trust_account_password: Failed to change
> password for domain WATERLOO.
> Unable to join domain WATERLOO.
> 
> Any idea what would cause this?  I don't have control of the PDC, but I'm
> going to talk to the people that do.
> 
> Also, why is there no patch for 2.0.2-2.0.3 on the ftp site?  There is a
> 2.0.1-2.0.3 and a 2.0.1-2.0.2.  I guess I could download the 2.0.1-2.0.2
> and apply it in reverse to my code, and then apply the 2.0.1-2.0.3, but
> that seems silly...
> 
> Thanks,
> 	Rick
> 
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> Rick Byers
> NCR Waterloo, Recognition Department
> (519) 884-1710 x5496
> 
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