[Samba] Samba as PDC

[Matthew D. Smith]

I do not have it setup as a wins server, wasnt sure if i needed to or 
not. And when i turn on pings with my firewall, yes I can ping my PDC.

Thanks for the help so far.


Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote:

>On Mon, 8 Dec 2003, Matthew D. Smith wrote:
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>>Trying to setup samba as a PDC, but i cannot get my windows XP Pro boxes
>>to join the domain. When i go to join them, it tells me that the domain
>>server cannot be found.
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>Did you set your PDC's IP as WINS server on your XP box?
>(And, of course, can you ping the PDC from your XP machine?)
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>Regards,
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>Uli.
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>>Below is my smb.conf file. I have already
>>applied the necessary XP pro registry patch. I have followed the
>>directions as outlined @
>>http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/tutorials/samba.html and
>>have also referenced the Samba-PDC how-to. Any suggestions?
>>
>>BEGIN SMB.CONF
>>_________________________
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>># Global Parameters
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>>workgroup = synner
>>netbios name =  samba
>>encrypt passwords = yes
>>security = user
>>domain logons = yes
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>>os level = 65
>>preferred master = yes
>>domain master = yes
>>local master = yes
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>>logon path = \\%n\profiles\%u
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>>logon drive = s:
>>logon home = \\samba\%u
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>>add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g machines -s
>>/bin/false -M %u
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>>[netlogon]
>>; comment = Network Logon Service
>>path = /var/lib/samba/netlogon
>>guest ok = yes
>>writeable = no
>>share modes = no
>>
>>[homes]
>>read only = no
>>browseable = no
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>>[music]
>>path = /data/mp3
>>browseable = yes
>>public = yes
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>>[apps]
>>path = /data/apps
>>browseable = yes
>>valid users = @admins, root
>>write list = @admins, root
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>>Thanks for all your help.
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>>-Matt
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