[Samba] Able to join samba PDC but not able to login.

[Arunachalam G]

windows machine is able to join the samba server which is the primary
domain controller. but on the next time when the system boots it not able
to login to that domain.

the machine account for that windows machine exist in smbpasswd file, with
null password.

the global section of smb.conf is
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[global]
	workgroup = deepofix
	netbios name = deepofix
	server string = samba %v
	interfaces = lo eth0
	bind interfaces only = yes
	security = DOMAIN
	encrypt passwords = yes

	domain master = yes
	domain logons = yes
	local master = yes
	prefered master = yes
############

by running smbd in interactive mode & when there is a login request from
windows machine, it says the error

get_md4pw: Workstation WKS1: no account in domain.

windows machine has windows 2000. samba version is 2.2.3a

if anyone knows the solution for this & ready to reply for this mail
or point out any mistakes, then that would be of great use.

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Arunachalam,
DeepRoot Linux.
Bangalore.
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