[Samba]SAMBA

[Dwight Tovey]

On Tue, 2002-01-29 at 05:59, Smith, Donna G wrote:
> Hello
> 
> I am trying to configure SAMBA on a UNIX box.  I want to join the SAMBA
> server to my WINDOWS 2000 domain.  I've added the samba server NETBIOS name
> to windows 2000.  When I run the command
> smbpasswd -j (domain) -r (pdc name) I get the following error message.
> 
> NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED.
> 
> Can you tell me if I am missing something.  I have the instructions but they
> are not working.
> 

Donna -

I beat my head against that problem for a while too.  I'll bet you are
following the instructions from the O'Reilly "Using Samba" book.  I
think the book is a little out of date in that regards.  But then, I
don't fully understand what is going on under the covers there.  I just
know what finally worked for me.

Follow the documentation that comes with Samba.  Look in
"docs/htmldocs/DOMAIN_MEMBER.html" it gives better instructions for
joining the domain.  Basically, DON'T add the samba server to the domain
before running the smbpasswd command.  Instead, after you have setup
your smb.conf file but before starting the programs, run:
  smbpasswd -j (domain) -r (pdc name) -U <admin name>%<admin password>
This should add you to the domain and create your MACHINE.SID and
secrets.tdb files.

Hope this helps.

	/dwight
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