[Samba] Samba and WinXP problem

[Stacy J.Dunkle]

Greets to all,

  Recently, I was given the task of setting up a Samba server where I 
work, to accept domain logons for Win9x machines and also NT-based 
machines, which consist of mostly XP boxes, with a couple 2K machines 
as well. This domain would be replacing an older one, that was using a 
very out of date Samba (from RedHat 6.1) that couldn't do XP/2K at all. 
The new one is from RedHat 7.3, which has v.2.2.3a-6 of Samba.

  As I have learned in the past, XP can sometimes be a great pain to get 
to join a Samba domain. This time, however, using what I learned in the 
past, it went pretty flawlessly.  I did my testing mostly on 2 
machines, a 2K box, and an XP box.

  All went well, until it was time for the server to go live. I had to 
change the domain name on the server, and before doing so, I had the 2 
machines un-join the domain, just in case that would cause a problem. 
After changing the domain name and restarting Samba, I had the machines 
join the new domain. The 2K box was OK with this, but the XP box, 
however, was not.

  I went ahead and prepared the rest of the XP boxes in the building for 
joining the domain, by changing the "signorseal" registry entry, adding 
their machine accounts to Samba, etc., and they all joined the domain 
just fine, and are doing the domain logon thing perfectly. The original 
XP box I tested with, though, still gives me problems. It always gives 
the following error:

"The following error occurred attempting to join the domain "techland":
Multiple connections to a server or shared resource by the same user, 
using more than one username, are not allowed. Disconnect all previous 
connections to the server or shared resource and try again."

The only thing that was changed on the Samba server, was the 
domain/workgroup name. I'm totally stumped. I've tried changing the 
netbios name of the XP box, and added the new machine account to the 
server, and got the same error. I tried refreshing the network adaptor 
on the XP box, and got the same thing. I tried deleting the machine 
account from the server and then re-adding it, to no avail. Checking 
the Samba logs for this particular machine, shows nothing. I even did a 
"tail -f" on the log, while trying to have the machine join the domain, 
and it shows nothing.

  I searched Google for this problem, and only got one Samba-related 
hit, and it wasn't quite the same problem I'm experiencing. I'm about 
ready to wipe the machine and reformat/reinstall XP, but before going 
to that extreme, I figured I'd try this list.

So, does anyone have any ideas? :-)

Stace

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Stacy J. Dunkle
LAN Manager,
Pennswoods.net