can't get samba on solaris 8 box to join win2k domain

[Lightfoot.Michael]

> mickey.ee.pdx.edu# ./smbpasswd -j CECS -r SNOWBIRD
> cli_net_auth2: Error NT_STATUS_NO_TRUST_SAM_ACCOUNT
> cli_nt_setup_creds: auth2 challenge failed
> modify_trust_password: unable to setup the PDC credentials to machine
> SNOWBIRD. Error was : NT_STATUS_NO_TRUST_SAM_ACCOUNT.
> 2002/01/17 18:58:19 : change_trust_account_password: Failed to change
> password for domain CECS.
> Unable to join domain CECS.
> 
Amazingly, I was just discussing this very thing two minutes ago!

Did you see my message posted yesterday outlining this very problem and how
I solved it?

You probably have either of the following two scenarios:

1.  you haven't followed the instructions at:

http://samba.mirror.aarnet.edu.au/samba/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.html#DOM
AIN-SECURITY

(particularly the first paragraph.)

or

2.  you have upgraded Samba from an older version and need to re-add the
server to the domain as outlined in my message (subsequently I have decided
that removing it may not be necessary, but you certainly have to explicitly
add it.)





Michael Lightfoot
SysIX Unix Systems Consulting
02 6258 8185
michael.lightfoot at canb.auug.org.au