2.2.0 Installed and a problem

[Gerald Carter]

On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, George R.Kasica wrote:

> Hello:
>
> I've successfully build and upgraded to 2.2.0 here but I'm rapidly
> puling out my hair (or what's left of it after alpha3) on getting W2K
> working with LInux as a PDC.
>
> Here's what I have:
>
> smb.conf:
> ========
> [root at eagle lib]# more smb.conf
> # Global parameters
> [global]
>         security = user
>         status = yes
>         workgroup = NETWRX1
>         domain logons = yes
>         logon script = scripts\%U.bat
>         domain admin group = @adm
>         add user script = /usr/sbin/adduser -n -g machines -c Machine
> -d /dev/null -s /bin/false %m$

This should use %u, and not the %m$.  Did you read the new Samba PDC HOWTO
chapter in the Samva-HOWTO-Collections.pdf.


> My /etc/passwd entry for the machine GEORGEK$ looks like
> GEORGEK$:x:536:100:Caldera OpenLinux User:/home/GEORGEK$:/bin/bash
>
> My smbpasswd looks like:
> GEORGEK$:536:B24F4BE919C81489AAD3B435B51404EE:9650F39D0FA851842CCFF703FE311172:[
> W          ]:LCT-3ADCF62A:
>
> I've added an admn users on W2K as root with the same password as root
> on the unix box.
>
> I sign in here in W2K as user georgek

You probably do not want to use the same machine name and user account.

> IF I try to follow the procedure in the smba-pdc-howto for Joining a
> Domain under W2K I get the following after doing the following:

Please read the new documentation.





CHeers, jerry
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