[Samba] Machine Accounts

[Adam Williams]

Well you need to have done smbpasswd -a -m user to create the machine 
account.  also, did you apply the sign or seal registry patch?  windows 
xp can not join a domain unless you've applied this registry patch.

Roberto Mason wrote:

>I'm not using smbpasswd  -a... , but trying through xp to add the machine
>to the domain. When in Computer Name Changes window I specify the domain
><MEPHISTOPHELES>, and then I'm prompted for the administrator
>username/password <MEPHISTOPHELES\root and <passwd>> I get the unkown
>username/password message.
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>>are you saying you can't do smbpasswd -a -m user or that you can't add
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>windows 2000/xp to a domain?
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>>>I'm running Linux from my home. I've been running Samba 2.27a for a
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>while now. I've just recently upgraded my system to Fedora Core 1. With
>that, sAmba has been upgraded to 3.0015.
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>>>I've included my smb.conf file. I can't seem to create a machine
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>account. I get unknown user or password. I do have a user root in
>smbpasswd.
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>>>Like they say.......HELP!!!!!  <:-)
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>>>[global]
>>>	logon path =
>>>	dns proxy = No
>>>	server string = samba server
>>>	socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
>>>	ldap ssl = no
>>>	preferred master = Yes
>>>	workgroup = MEPHISTOPHELES
>>>	unix password sync = yes
>>>	password server = None
>>>	logon home =
>>>	add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g 100 \{} -s
>>>/bin/false -M %u
>>>	encrypt passwords = yes
>>>	guest ok = Yes
>>>	wins support = Yes
>>>	domain logons = Yes
>>>	log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
>>>	max log size = 50
>>>	domain master = Yes
>>>	username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
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>>>[homes]
>>>	comment = Home Directories
>>>	read only = No
>>>	browseable = No
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>>>[printers]
>>>	comment = All Printers
>>>	path = /var/spool/samba
>>>	printable = Yes
>>>	browseable = No
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