[Samba] no logon servers available

[Tom McKellips]

Does smb password file have a logon for root  (smbpasswd -a root)?
This was a requirement for my XP and 2K boxes to join in the domain. It's the 
only user that is authorized to "join the domain".

On Thu, 08 May 2003 01:37:24 -0400, Stephen Loughin wrote
> After reading the O'Reilly book by JayTs, Robert Eckstein and David 
> Collier-Brown, I've tried to set up my RH 7.3 box as a PDC
> 
> I have two Wintel boxes, 1 Win2K and 1 Win98SE. (yes I restarted 
> them both after firing up smbd and nmbd)
> 
> After starting smbd and nmbd I can run smbclient on my RH7.3 box and 
> read the stuff on the Win98 box.
> 
> Going the other way,  however, I get this:
> 
> C:\>net use * \\homefire\tmp
> System error 1311 has occurred.
> 
> There are currently no logon servers available to service the logon 
> request.
> 
> I get variations on this theme if I try to map a drive etc.
> If I use Network Neighborhood, I can see my samba server, but if I 
> try to use it, I get a password prompt and no matter what I put in 
> for userid and password, I get a variant of "no logon servers available".
> 
> Here's what the log file shows:
> 
> [2003/05/07 05:04:46, 0] rpc_server/srv_netlog_nt.c:get_md4pw(176)
>  get_md4pw: Workstation sloughin$: no account in domain
> [2003/05/07 05:05:59, 2] smbd/server.c:exit_server(461)
>  Closing connections
> [2003/05/07 05:19:46, 2] lib/access.c:check_access(327)
>  Allowed connection from  (192.168.0.102)
> [2003/05/07 05:19:47, 0] rpc_server/srv_netlog_nt.c:get_md4pw(176)
>  get_md4pw: Workstation sloughin$: no account in domain
> [2003/05/07 05:20:45, 2] smbd/server.c:exit_server(461)
>  Closing connections
> 
> This seems to be a common problem -- I've seen it on other networks
> and you get more than a few hits if you google for "no logon servers"+samba
> 
> Yet, I've not seen a good summary of typical causes of this problem.
> 
> Any help would be APPRECIATED!
> 
> Here are all the non-comment lines in my smb.conf
> 
> [root at homefire etc]# grep -vP "^\s*\#|^\s*;"  samba/smb.conf
> [global]
>  workgroup = WAMSYSTEMS
>  netbios name = homefire
>  server string = Samba %v as PDC
>  hosts allow = 192.168.0. 127.
>  printcap name = /etc/printcap
>  load printers = yes
>  printing = lprng
>  log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
>   max log size = 2000
>   log level = 2
>   security = user
>  username map = /etc/samba/smbusers.map
>  encrypt passwords = yes
>  smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
>   unix password sync = Yes
>   passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
>   passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n 
> *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*
> 
>   pam password change = yes
> 
>  obey pam restrictions = yes
>   socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
>   interfaces = 192.168.0.2/255.255.255.0 local master = yes
>   os level = 65
>   domain master = yes time server = yes
>   preferred master = yes
>   domain logons = yes
>   domain admin group = root sloughin stevel add user script = 
> /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g 100 -s /bin/false -m %u
>    logon script = logon.bat
>   logon path = \\%L\Profiles\%U
>   logon drive = H:
>   logon home = \\%L\%u\.win_profile\%m
>   wins support = yes
> [homes]
>   comment = Home Directories
>   read only = no
>   browseable = no
>   guest ok = no
>   map archive = yes
> [netlogon]
>   comment = Network Logon Service
>   write list = root stevel sloughin natel
>   path = /usr/local/samba/lib/netlogon
>   writable = no
>   browsable = no
> [profiles]
>    path = /usr/local/samba/profiles
>    writeable = yes
>    create mask = 0600
>    directory mask = 0700
>    browseable = no
> [printers]
>   comment = All Printers
>   path = /var/spool/samba
>   browseable = no
>   guest ok = no
>   writable = no
>   printable = yes
> [tmp]
>   comment = Temporary file space
>   path = /tmp/samba
>   read only = no
>   public = yes
> [root at homefire etc]#
> 
> ;----------------
> [root at homefire etc]# cat samba/smbusers.map
> # homefire user id = Windows login userid
> sloughin = SLOUGHIN SLoughin sloughin
> 
> -- 
> Stephen Loughin
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