[Samba] W2K-Clients won't join Samba Domain

[Frank Matthieß]

On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 02:05:26PM +0100, rgx at gmx.de wrote:
> // sorry for x-postings with smb-client
> 
> Dear list,
> 
> for days and weeks, now, I am fighting to add our W2k clients to 
> our 
> domain. The previously NT4 server was replaced by Samba 2.2.2, 
> and this is a list of what I tried so far:
> 
> - re-create machine accounts
> - enable plain passwords in w2k registry
    
	Isn't possible. Domainauth based on encrypted passwords.
	
> - enter domain suffix string 
> - vary IP and name of clients
> - add NT ACL = NO to [GLOBAL} section on smb.conf
> ...
> 
> Sometimes I seemingly succeed, i.e. joining the domain results in a 
> 5 
> minute pause and then a message "welcome to the domain". But 
> when I try to enter username/password after a reboot, I always get 
> the same 
> message (machine account does not exist or account not valid).
> 
> I am very grateful for any suggestions

If possible use the newest samba release. Actually 2.2.7 with some security
fixes.

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Frank Matthieß                                    fm+samba at Microdata-pos.de