[Samba] Samba as a PDC for W2K Network

Thomas Klettke thomask at aesbus.com
Tue Jun 18 17:56:02 GMT 2002


Matt, you are at least missing:

    domain logons = yes

I'm not sure if that's the correct syntax, but that's where I would look at
first.

Cheers,
Thomas

----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt Hughes" <mhughes at inav.net>
To: <samba at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 2:34 PM
Subject: [Samba] Samba as a PDC for W2K Network


>
> Hi all.  I hope someone here can help me with a bit of trouble I seem to
be
> having with Samba and Windows 2000.  Here's the deal:
>
> We are attempting to setup a Red Hat 7.3 machine (SYMPHONY2) running Samba
> 2.2.3a to act as a File Server and PDC for a number of Windows 2000
> workstations.  I have followed the instructions from
> http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.html but
> unfortunetly, that is not working.  I've attached my smb.conf file at the
> end of this email but I'll go through the rest of the stuff now.  We setup
> our Samba machine temporarily on a seperate network, INAVNET2 and that is
> what we are trying to connect to.
>
> From a Windows 2000 workstation (CORP), I try to change the Network
> Properties to join INAVNET2.  I recieve the message "The domain does not
> exist".  However, from that same machine I can browse with Network
> Neighborhood and see the INAVNET2 domain.  I can even get into the machine
> and browse a few of the directories.  Also, a 'net view /domain:INAVNET2'
> points me right to the Samba machine.
>
> I have setup a Machine Trust Account with the following commands with no
> success:
> /usr/sbin/useradd -g 100 -d /dev/null -c "corp" -s /bin/false corp$
> passwd -l corp$
> smbpasswd -a -m corp$
>
> I'm a little befuddled.  Any advice or something I may have missed in my
> smb.conf file?  Thanks a bundle in advance.
>
> SMB.CONF
> [global]
>         workgroup = INAVNET2
>         netbios name = SYMPHONY2
>         server string = Samba %v on (%L)
>         encrypt passwords = Yes
>         obey pam restrictions = Yes
>         pam password change = Yes
>         passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
>         passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n
> *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*
>         unix password sync = Yes
>         log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
>         max log size = 0
>         socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
>         add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g 100 -s
> /bin/false -M %u
>         logon drive = H:        domain logons = Yes
>         os level = 64
>         preferred master = True
>         domain master = True
>         dns proxy = No
>         wins support = Yes
>         printing = lprng
>
> [homes]
>         comment = Home Directories
>         valid users = %S
>         read only = No
>         create mask = 0664
>         directory mask = 0775
>         browseable = No
>
> [printers]
>         comment = All Printers
>         path = /var/spool/samba
>         printable = Yes
>         browseable = No
>
> [netlogon]
>         comment = Necessary share for domain controller
>         path = /samba_shares/netlogon
>         admin users = admins
>
> [profiles]
>         comment = Share for storing user profiles
>         path = /samba_shares/profiles/
>         read only = No
>         create mask = 0600
>         directory mask = 0700
>
>
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