Unable to join Windows NT Domain.

[Ahmad Yahya]

From: "Sajan Sathyan" <sajan_sathi at hotmail.com>
> I am trying to configure a Redhat 7.1 m/c to join a Windows NT domain.
> configured smb.conf
> [global]
>
> ...
>
> encrypt passwords = yes
> security = domain
> password server = *
>
> ...
>
> Added NT m/c account in the DOMAIN for the linux m/c.
>
imho, this is not necessary.
> when I run smbpasswd from root login
>
> # smbpasswd -j DOMAIN -r DCDEV
> cli_net_auth2: Error NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED
> cli_nt_setup_creds: auth2 challenge failed
> modify_trust_password: unable to setup the PDC credentials to machine
DCDEV.
> Error was : NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED.
> 2001/11/19 18:07:17 : change_trust_account_password: Failed to change
> password for domain DOMAIN
> Unable to join domain DOMAIN
>
> Please help to fix this.
>
Logon to NT, create samba server via srvmgr
Add to domain - Windows NT Workstation or Server - Computer Name:
your_samba_server_netbios_name - Add - Close

[from samba server]
stop all samba daemons
#smbpasswd -j domain -r ntpdc[dcdev]
start all samba daemons
> Thanks in Advance for your help.
>
> Sajan.
>
Yaya