[Samba] Re: Problem with Samba PDC and WIN2000

[Pierre Lebrun]

You have to :
UNIX
- add an account for the machine in /etc/passwd ended by a '$' like 
'machine$'
- add this machine account to the smbpasswd file with smbpasswd -am 
machine. The '$' is added by the smbpasswd.
W2K WS
- on the desktop: "My Computer/Properties/Network Id./Properties/Member 
of" clik on domain and enter the domain name. Enter the root account and 
password then you have a welcome message from the PDC

Warning:
You cannot change the machine name and join the domain in the same 
operation. You must 1) change the machine name 2) reboot 3)join the domain.
I experienced troubles (not solved yet) while joining a domain with a 
W2K server.

I hope this can help you.

Pierre
Santiago Avila wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I just installed a Samba Server as a PDC and my WIN9X machines worked 
> just fine, but I can´t join WIN2000 Clients to the domain.
> I created the Trust Account but when a join the domain I get the message.
> "The following error occured attempting to join the domain "TECNICO""
> Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password
> 
> Also, in the /var/log/samba/taller.log I got
> 
> [2003/01/29 19:41:23,0] rpc_server/srv_samr.c:api_samr_set_userinfo(672)
>  api_samr_set_userinfo: Unable to unmarshall SAMR_Q_SET_USERINFO.
> [2003/01/29 19:41:23, 0] passdb/smbpass.c:startsmbfilepwent_internal(87)
>  startsmbfilepwent_internal: unable to open file /etc/samba/smbpasswd. 
> Error was Permission denied
> [2003/01/29 19:41:23, 0] passdb/smbpass.c:iterate_getsmbpwuid(1240)
>  unable to open smb password database.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Santiago
>