[Samba] Samba as PDC and Win XP Pro Machine Accounts

[Brad Langhorst]

Fernando Maidana wrote:

>Hi there!
>I'm having problems to join a Machine Acount to a Samba PDC using Samba
>2.2.3a
>Even if I apply the registry Patch XP reports the following error:
>
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>Is possible that the Domain Name "FAMILIA" was a NetBios name.
>If is that the case, make sure that the Domain Name is correctly
>registred with WINS.
>
>If you're totaly sure that it isn't a NetBios name, the following
>information will help you to solve your DNS configuration problems.
>The following error was occured making a request to DNS for SRV used to
>find the Domain Controller in the FAMILIA Domain:
>
>The error was: (error code 0x000005B4 ERROR_TIMEOUT)
>
>  
>
try configuring the clients to use the WINS server
192.168.1.1 as well

you can do this by dhcp like this

option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.1;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
default-lease-time 6000;
max-lease-time 72000;

subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
  range 192.168.1.2 192.168.1.254;
  option broadcast-address 192.168.1.255;
  option routers 192.168.1.1;
  option netbios-name-servers 192.168.1.1;
}