[Samba] Samba as PDC

[Peter Ulrich Kruppa]

On Tue, 9 Dec 2003, Matthew D. Smith wrote:

> I do not have it setup as a wins server, wasnt sure if i needed to or
> not.
You have to, if you whish to set up a real PDC with logon
service, server based user homes, profiles and so on.
If you just want to share some some directories or printers, you
don't.
You also would have to set
wins support = yes
in your global section.

Uli.
> 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:
> >
> >
> >
> >>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.
> >>
> >>
> >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?)
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Uli.
> >
> >
> >
> >>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
> >>_________________________
> >>
> >># Global Parameters
> >>
> >>workgroup = synner
> >>netbios name =  samba
> >>encrypt passwords = yes
> >>security = user
> >>domain logons = yes
> >>
> >>os level = 65
> >>preferred master = yes
> >>domain master = yes
> >>local master = yes
> >>
> >>logon path = \\%n\profiles\%u
> >>
> >>logon drive = s:
> >>logon home = \\samba\%u
> >>
> >>add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g machines -s
> >>/bin/false -M %u
> >>
> >>[netlogon]
> >>; comment = Network Logon Service
> >>path = /var/lib/samba/netlogon
> >>guest ok = yes
> >>writeable = no
> >>share modes = no
> >>
> >>[homes]
> >>read only = no
> >>browseable = no
> >>
> >>[music]
> >>path = /data/mp3
> >>browseable = yes
> >>public = yes
> >>
> >>[apps]
> >>path = /data/apps
> >>browseable = yes
> >>valid users = @admins, root
> >>write list = @admins, root
> >>
> >>Thanks for all your help.
> >>
> >>-Matt
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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