Joining an NT domain?

[John J. LeMay Jr.]

Does adding the machine manually at the NT box help at all?



John J. LeMay Jr.		Phone (732) 785-2525
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On Wed, 28 Jul 1999, Paul Lantinga wrote:

> > > 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.
> > > 
> I've run into many similar problems and have beat them (mostly).  Anyway,
> try checking the /usr/local/samba/private directory.  You should see 2 files
> in there, one called MACHINE.SID and another of the name format
> DOMAINNAME.MACHINENAME.mac.  Delete these files.  As mentioned in previous
> postings, ensure that you've created the machine acct in server manager
> *and* that the samba daemons are not currently running.  
> 
> If needed, delete the machine name under server manager, wait a bit, re-add
> it, delete the contents of private, and then try adding it with smbpasswd
> again.  
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
> --
> Paul LANtinga
> Systems Engineer
> ExtendMedia Inc.
> Toronto, Ontario
> http://www.extend.com
> 
>