Can't join the domain now.. (Was: Re: [Samba] Unable to open passdb???)

John H Terpstra jht at samba.org
Sun Nov 3 17:05:02 GMT 2002


On Sun, 3 Nov 2002, smw wrote:

> Okay, more details on this one.  Here's the error:
>
> Your computer could not be joined to the domain because the following error
> has occured:
>
> The account used is a computer account.  Use your global user account or
> local user account to access this server.
>
>
> I'm getting that with whichever user I try to use.  Any help would be great.
> Again, I have tried following the PDC howto, but not much luck so far.

Launch SWAT. Point your browser at http://localhost:901 on the Samba
server. Visit the "Entire HOWTO Collection" at the bottom of the home
page. You will find all you need there.

Cheers,
John T.

>
> Thanks,
> Scott
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "smw" <kc8lir at yahoo.com>
> To: "John H Terpstra" <jht at samba.org>
> Cc: "Noel Kelly" <nkelly at citrusnetworks.net>; <samba at lists.samba.org>
> Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 9:54 AM
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Unable to open passdb???
>
>
> > Hi John,
> >
> > That worked beautifully.  The user is added, and things are great.
> >
> > Now, I'm having issues joining the domain.  It seems like it's finding the
> > user information, but when I try to add the computer, it's telling me that
> > it's not finding the domain.  Any hints on that note?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Scott
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "John H Terpstra" <jht at samba.org>
> > To: "smw" <kc8lir at yahoo.com>
> > Cc: "Noel Kelly" <nkelly at citrusnetworks.net>; <samba at lists.samba.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 9:48 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Samba] Unable to open passdb???
> >
> >
> > > On Sat, 2 Nov 2002, smw wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello John,
> > > >
> > > > My apologies, I should have mentioned that this is on a RedHat 7.3
> > platform,
> > > > however I downloaded the RPMs from the Samba site and installed it
> that
> > way.
> > > > I will give that a shot as well, and see what I can come up with.
> > >
> > > In that case, you need to add your root account to smbpasswd. The way to
> > > do this is from a root login shell:
> > > smbpasswd -a root
> > >
> > > Let me know how you go.
> > >
> > > - John T.
>

-- 
John H Terpstra
Email: jht at samba.org




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