Problems with NT logons, Samba as PDC

[Bruce Ferrell]

Be very wary of TurboLinux.  I had problems with NIC drivers latching
up, databases halting (MySQL) and just general strangeness.  Turned out
to be a known bad glibc.  They had no fixes for it beyond pay for an
upgrade.  It's now a RedHat box.


Kimmo Akkanen wrote:

> Hi!
>
> We're using Samba as PDC, and recently had a strange crash on the
> system (none of the NT-machines authenticated anymore). I re-created
> the user database and passwords on the server (TurboLinux 2.2.14-5,
> with Samba 2.0.6 & 2.1alpha for auth.) and also re-newed the profiles
> making 'em local on the NT-workstations.
>
> Sometimes when the NT-PC gets rebooted, I can't authenticate it back
> to the domain until I logon as admin and jump off and back on to the
> domain. Any ideas? I'll include a few strange rows from Samba's
> logfiles below, all help is appreciated. =)
>
> --- CLIP CLIP CLIP ---
> [2001/04/11 12:21:20, 0]
> passdb/smbpassfile.c:get_trust_account_password(202)
> get_trust_account_password: Malformed trust password file
> (wrong length - was 0, should be 45).
>
> [2001/04/11 12:21:20, 0]
> passdb/smbpassfile.c:trust_get_passwd(294)
> domain_client_validate: unable to read the machine account password
> for machine SERVERX in domain DOMAINX.
>
> [2001/04/11 12:21:20, 0] smbd/nttrans.c:call_nt_transact_ioctl(2401)
> call_nt_transact_ioctl: Currently not implemented.
> --- CLIP CLIP CLIP ---
>
> (did some cut&paste work on the lines, try to follow up)
>
> The SERVERX is replaced with the name of our server, as is the
> DOMAINX with the domain name. Does anyone have a clue what's
> the reason for those trust account-errors? They come up on
> every NT's logon. :( Still, I'm able to use all shares etc.
>
> What about that "currently not implemented"-thing?
>
> Thanks a lot for anyone who answers! =)
>
> --
>    Kimmo Akkanen
>    IT-Officer
>    Remedium Ltd./Oy
>
>    phone.  +358 9 6226 7125
>    cell.   +358 40 9000 125
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>    kimmo.akkanen at remedium.fi