Joining an NT domain?

[Duane Davis]

I'm still fighting with this problem too (Though not very hard since
samba is pretty low on my priority list at the moment).

Duane

Lars Kellogg-Stedman wrote:
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> I've run into some problems adding a Unix server to an NT domain.  I've
> followed the instructions in DOMAIN_MEMBER.txt; when running the
> smbpasswd command:
> 
>   ./bin/smbpasswd -j CS-NT -r CS-NTS1
> 
> I get the following errors:
> 
>   modify_trust_password: machine CS-NTS1 rejected the session setup. Error
>   was : code 131.
>   1999/07/26 11:36:37 : change_trust_account_password: Failed to change
>   password for domain CS-NT.
>   Unable to join domain CS-NT.
> 
> Oddly enough, nothing shows up in the event log on CS-NTS1, even with all
> the auditing checkboxes checked.  I've poked around Microsoft Technet, and
> I haven't been able to figure out what "code 131" means.
> 
> In searching the mailing lists, it looks as if other folks have run into
> similar problems, but I haven't seen any solutions that look as if they
> would apply to my situtation.  To ward off some of the questions I've seen
> in response to this sort of problem report:
> 
> > Did you create a machine account on the PDC for the Samba box?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > Did you set the
> >        workgroup = <DOMAINNAME>
> >        security = domain
> >        password server = <NetBIOS name of PDC>
> > in smb.conf?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> In my config file:
> 
>   password server = pdc_name bdc_name
> 
> >What version (date of CVS code or Beta release of 2.0)
> >are you using?
> 
> 2.0.5a
> 
> Thanks for your help,
> 
>   -- Lars
> 
> --
> Lars Kellogg-Stedman <lars at larsshack.org>