[Samba] Error "Could not fetch trust account password" in Samba 3 Beta..what do I need to do?

[Ed Asbury]

Specifics samba-3.0.0beta1-1.i386.rpm on RedHat 9 and smbpasswd
authentication, the machine is the PDC and security is set for user.  The
machine account was setup on the fly and it appears in passwd, shadow, and
smbpasswd files as it should.  However it seemed to take a very long time to
join the domain, about 1-1/2 minutes.  I can browse the Samba PDC machine
and access the shares, etc.  After joining the domain, the machine logging
in says it is "unable to locate a domain controller for domain
'XMYDOMAINX'". I am using the same identical smb.conf that I used for
Samba3_alpha23 which worked fine.  All of the mailing list archives pointing
to this problem all seem to have to do with winbind and having another NT
PDC.  This is NOT my case, there is no other PDC or domain.  Is the problem
my secrets.tdb file and how do I refresh or regenerate that? The log from
the joining of the machine to the domain and the first login attempt is
included (of course all of the X's are filled in with the appropriate
things), I have pointed out where things fail. Thanks in advance for any
help!

[2003/06/20 08:06:57, 2] auth/auth.c:check_ntlm_password(288)
  check_ntlm_password:  authentication for user [XXXXXXXX] -> [XXXXXXXX] ->
[XXXXXXXX] succeeded
[2003/06/20 08:06:57, 2] lib/access.c:check_access(325)
  Allowed connection from  (192.168.xxx.xxx)
[2003/06/20 08:06:57, 0] smbd/service.c:set_admin_user(314)
  XXXXXXXX logged in as admin user (root privileges)
[2003/06/20 08:07:31, 2] smbd/sesssetup.c:setup_new_vc_session(504)
  setup_new_vc_session: New VC == 0, if NT4.x compatible we would close all
old
resources.
[2003/06/20 08:07:31, 2] smbd/sesssetup.c:setup_new_vc_session(504)
  setup_new_vc_session: New VC == 0, if NT4.x compatible we would close all
old
resources.
[2003/06/20 08:07:31, 2] auth/auth.c:check_ntlm_password(288)
  check_ntlm_password:  authentication for user [root] -> [root] -> [root]
succeeded
[2003/06/20 08:07:32, 2] lib/access.c:check_access(325)
  Allowed connection from  (192.168.xxx.xxx)
[2003/06/20 08:07:32, 0] smbd/service.c:set_admin_user(314)
  root logged in as admin user (root privileges)
[2003/06/20 08:07:32, 2] rpc_server/srv_samr_nt.c:_samr_lookup_domain(2513)
  Returning domain sid for domain XMy_DomainX ->
S-X-X-XX-XXXXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXXXX
[2003/06/20 08:08:32, 0] auth/auth_domain.c:check_ntdomain_security(433)
  check_ntdomain_security: could not fetch trust account password for domain
'XMy_DomainX'  <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<-------
[2003/06/20 08:08:32, 2] auth/auth.c:check_ntlm_password(295)
  check_ntlm_password:  Authentication for user [] -> [] FAILED with error
NT_STATUS_CANT_ACCESS_DOMAIN_INFO  <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<------
[2003/06/20 08:09:33, 2] smbd/server.c:exit_server(558)
  Closing connections
[2003/06/20 08:12:50, 2] smbd/sesssetup.c:setup_new_vc_session(504)
  setup_new_vc_session: New VC == 0, if NT4.x compatible we would close all
old
resources.
[2003/06/20 08:12:50, 2] smbd/sesssetup.c:setup_new_vc_session(504)
  setup_new_vc_session: New VC == 0, if NT4.x compatible we would close all
old
resources.
[2003/06/20 08:12:50, 0] auth/auth_domain.c:check_ntdomain_security(433)
  check_ntdomain_security: could not fetch trust account password for domain
'XMy_DomainX'
[2003/06/20 08:12:50, 2] auth/auth.c:check_ntlm_password(295)
  check_ntlm_password:  Authentication for user [] -> [] FAILED with error
NT_STATUS_CANT_ACCESS_DOMAIN_INFO
[2003/06/20 08:13:01, 2] smbd/server.c:exit_server(558)
  Closing connections
[2003/06/20 08:13:30, 0] auth/auth_domain.c:check_ntdomain_security(433)
  check_ntdomain_security: could not fetch trust account password for domain
'XMy_DomainX'
[2003/06/20 08:13:30, 2] auth/auth.c:check_ntlm_password(295)
  check_ntlm_password:  Authentication for user [] -> [] FAILED with error
NT_STATUS_CANT_ACCESS_DOMAIN_INFO
[2003/06/20 08:13:36, 2] smbd/server.c:exit_server(558)
  Closing connections
[2003/06/20 08:13:44, 2] smbd/server.c:exit_server(558)
  Closing connections
[2003/06/20 08:13:44, 0] auth/auth_domain.c:check_ntdomain_security(433)
  check_ntdomain_security: could not fetch trust account password for domain
'XMy_DomainX'
[2003/06/20 08:13:44, 2] auth/auth.c:check_ntlm_password(295)
  check_ntlm_password:  Authentication for user [] -> [] FAILED with error
NT_STATUS_CANT_ACCESS_DOMAIN_INFO
[2003/06/20 08:13:44, 2] smbd/server.c:exit_server(558)
  Closing connections
[2003/06/20 08:13:44, 2] auth/auth.c:check_ntlm_password(288)
  check_ntlm_password:  authentication for user [XXXXXXXX] -> [XXXXXXXX] ->
[XXXXXXXX] succeeded
[2003/06/20 08:13:44, 2] lib/access.c:check_access(325)
  Allowed connection from  (192.168.xxx.xxx)
[2003/06/20 08:13:44, 0] smbd/service.c:set_admin_user(314)
  XXXXXXXX logged in as admin user (root privileges)
[2003/06/20 08:13:44, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(690)
  My_Machine_Name (192.168.xxx.xxx) connect to service netlogon initially as
user XXXXXXXX (uid=0, gid=500) (pid 5347)
[2003/06/20 08:14:59, 1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(871)
  My_Machine_Name (192.168.xxx.xxx) closed connection to service netlogon
[2003/06/20 08:14:59, 2] smbd/server.c:exit_server(558)
  Closing connections
[2003/06/20 08:15:18, 0] auth/auth_domain.c:check_ntdomain_security(433)
  check_ntdomain_security: could not fetch trust account password for domain
'XMy_DomainX'
[2003/06/20 08:15:18, 2] auth/auth.c:check_ntlm_password(295)
  check_ntlm_password:  Authentication for user [] -> [] FAILED with error
NT_STATUS_CANT_ACCESS_DOMAIN_INFO
[2003/06/20 08:15:29, 2] smbd/server.c:exit_server(558)
  Closing connections
[root at FS1 samba]#

Ed Asbury
Systems Admin/Programmer
Vogele America, Inc.