Fw: [Samba] Samba as a NT PDC

[Adam Lang]

 Ok.  To let you know, my source was Samba Unleashed (copyright 2000).  Page
 343 and 344 is what told me that I needed to add itself to the entries and
 to its own domain it is running.

 I'll remove the entries and see how things work.  Thanks for the help.
 Apparently it is because the book I am using is wrong.

 Adam Lang
 Systems Engineer
 Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
 http://www.rutgersinsurance.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Benedetto" <jbenedet at unm.edu>
> To: "Adam Lang" <aalang at rutgersinsurance.com>; <samba at lists.samba.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 11:54 AM
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Samba as a NT PDC
>
>
> > --On Thursday, October 17, 2002 10:51 AM -0400 Adam Lang
> > <aalang at rutgersinsurance.com> wrote:
> >
> > > CARTER is the name of the linux Samba server that is the PDC.
> > >
> > > According to my documentation, I am suppsoed to do the following.
> > >
> > > 1) Create the Unix account:
> > >  /usr/sbin/useradd -c 'Samba PDC for CHERRY_HILL' -M -s /dev/null
> CARTER$
> > >
> > > 2) Add a machine account
> > > smbpasswd -a -m CARTER
> > >
> > > 3) Add it to the domain (which it is the PDC of)
> > > smbpasswd -j CHERRY_HILL
> > >
> > > I am NOT adding an XP machine in at this time.  I am setting up the
PDC.
> > > So yes, I DO know what the -j option is for.
> >
> > Well, I don't think you DO know what that -J is for...
> >
> > Look, if the Samba machine is the PDC for your domain, you DON'T USE
> the -J
> > option; that is only if the Samba machine is going to be a MEMBER SERVER
> > into an existing WINDOWS-RUN domain (a domain with a 'real' Windows
PDC).
> > You say that Samba is the PDC, right?
> >
> > And, if the Samba machine is the PDC of it's own domain, it doesn't
appear
> > in it's own smbpasswd file (at least mine doesn't).
> >
> > Perhaps it might help us to help you if you posted your smb.conf file
> > (because we are definitely missing some vital piece somewhere of what
you
> > are trying to do).
> >
> > - john
>