Samba as a Domain Member

[Mike Kennedy]

Perhaps this clarify my previous post. My PDC is a Sun runnin Solaris PC
Netlink and my Samba server is another Sun w/ Solaris 2.7 in its domain
trying to authenticate with the PDC.

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Mike Kennedy
Systems Group, C&C
mikek at syrinx.ucr.edu
909.787.5922


On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, Mike Kennedy wrote:

> 
> I'm having a hell of a time with attempting to configure 2.0.7 on
> Solaris 2.7 to work as a member of a domain. Here are the steps that I
> have done so far.
> 
> I have set the following options in smb.conf:
> 
> workgroup = SCS
> netbios name = EREBUS
> security = domain
> password server = HEMERA NYX
> domain master = no
> wins server = 138.23.13.102
> domain groups = SCS
> 
> The samba server is a wins client for the wins server on 138.23.13.102.
> 
> Plus I joined the domain using smbpasswd -j SCS with no problems.
> 
> If I log in to a workstation in the SCS domain and try to view the
> shares on the Samba Domain Member it asks for a password. If I enter
> my login and password in the dialog box it doesn't accept it and I get
> this in the samba log for that workstation:
> 
> [2001/02/14 00:20:27, 0] rpc_client/cli_netlogon.c:(391)
>   cli_net_sam_logon: NT_STATUS_INVALID_INFO_CLASS
> [2001/02/14 00:20:27, 0] smbd/password.c:(1470)
>   domain_client_validate: unable to validate password for user mikek in
> domain SCS to Domain controller HEMERA. Error was NT_STATUS_INVALID_INFO_CLASS.
> [2001/02/14 00:20:27, 0] passdb/smbpass.c:(87)
>   startsmbfilepwent_internal: unable to open file 
> /inst/samba-2.0.7/private/smbpasswd. Error was No such file or directory
> [2001/02/14 00:20:27, 0] passdb/passdb.c:(149)
>   unable to open smb password database.
> [2001/02/14 00:20:27, 1] smbd/password.c:(500)
>   Couldn't find user 'mikek' in smb_passwd file.
> [2001/02/14 00:20:27, 0] passdb/smbpass.c:(87)
>   startsmbfilepwent_internal: unable to open file
> /inst/samba-2.0.7/private/smbp
> asswd. Error was No such file or directory
> [2001/02/14 00:20:27, 0] passdb/passdb.c:(149)
>   unable to open smb password database.
> [2001/02/14 00:20:27, 1] smbd/password.c:(500)
>   Couldn't find user 'mikek' in smb_passwd file.
> [2001/02/14 00:20:27, 1] smbd/reply.c:(925)
>   Rejecting user 'mikek': authentication failed
> 
> The only way it works is if I have a local smbpasswd file with 
> my login that it can fall back on. 
> 
> Please help me, I've been through lots of the archives for this list
> and I can't find anyone that has had this exact problem. It seems like
> for some reason the password encryption isn't working correctly.
> 
> One more thing, if I use smbclient to view the shares on my Samba server
> it works fine as long as I connect anonymously.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Mike
> 
> --
> Mike Kennedy
> Systems Group, C&C
> mikek at syrinx.ucr.edu
> 909.787.5922
> 
> 
>