[Samba] Win2k and PDC logon.

[Gary Smith]

Dear Samba Experts.

I an quite new to samba but know the basics of creating chares and 
permissions, I think!!!  Been digging into HOWTO for pdc logon using 
windows boxes.

Having great difficulty in getting win2k to complete and logon to a samba 
2.2.5 PDC configuration.  Win98 is ok and runs the logon scripts as 
required.  I have attached the smb.conf used and can confirm the directory 
structure under /usr/local/samba are present.

The samba log files has an entry about the changing password and the win2k 
box returns an error of

"The  account used is a computer account. Use your global user access or 
local user account to access this server"


How can I confirm the machine accounts are being created on the fly??  One 
section on the log authenticated the user admin, but later it said it could 
not find an account for admin$ which is a machine name. The name I put in 
for the win2k machine was PDC??  What machine account should it be adding 
for a user of admin and a machine name of pdc? The log files are huge so 
cannot attack to this mailing list, if someone wants to see them in person, 
please let me know your email address and i will foreard

Any help appreciated.

THanks

Gary





STD RH 8.0 being used.


smb.conf file.


# This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the
# smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed
# here. Samba has a huge number of configurable options (perhaps too
# many!) most of which are not shown in this example
#
# Any line which starts with a ; (semi-colon) or a # (hash)
# is a comment and is ignored. In this example we will use a #
# for commentry and a ; for parts of the config file that you
# may wish to enable
#
# NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command "testparm"
# to check that you have not made any basic syntactic errors.
#
#======================= Global Settings =====================================
[global]

# workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name
    workgroup = pbltd.co.uk
    netbios name = pdctest
    add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g 100 -s /bin/false -M %u
    valid users = admin nobody
#  os level = 64
#  preferred master = yes
#  domain master = yes
#  local master = yes
#
#  security = user
#  encrypted password = yes
#
#  domain logon = yes

# server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field
# server string = Samba Server

# This option is important for security. It allows you to restrict
# connections to machines which are on your local network. The
# following example restricts access to two C class networks and
# the "loopback" interface. For more examples of the syntax see
# the smb.conf man page
#   hosts allow = 192.168.1. 192.168.2. 127.

# if you want to automatically load your printer list rather
# than setting them up individually then you'll need this
#   printcap name = /etc/printcap
#   load printers = yes

# It should not be necessary to spell out the print system type unless
# yours is non-standard. Currently supported print systems include:
# bsd, sysv, plp, lprng, aix, hpux, qnx
#   printing = lprng

# Uncomment this if you want a guest account, you must add this to /etc/passwd
# otherwise the user "nobody" is used
#  guest account = pcguest

# this tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine
# that connects
    log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
    log level = 10
# Put a capping on the size of the log files (in Kb).
    max log size = 1000

# Security mode. Most people will want user level security. See
# security_level.txt for details.
    security = user
#security = share

# Use password server option only with security = server
# The argument list may include:
#   password server = My_PDC_Name [My_BDC_Name] [My_Next_BDC_Name]
# or to auto-locate the domain controller/s
#   password server = *
#;   password server = <NT-Server-Name>

# Password Level allows matching of _n_ characters of the password for
# all combinations of upper and lower case.
# password level = 8
# username level = 8

# You may wish to use password encryption. Please read
# ENCRYPTION.txt, Win95.txt and WinNT.txt in the Samba documentation.
# Do not enable this option unless you have read those documents
    encrypt passwords = yes
#   smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
    smb passwd file = /usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd

# The following is needed to keep smbclient from spouting spurious errors
# when Samba is built with support for SSL.
#  ssl CA certFile = /usr/share/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt

# The following are needed to allow password changing from Windows to
# update the Linux system password also.
# NOTE: Use these with 'encrypt passwords' and 'smb passwd file' above.
# NOTE2: You do NOT need these to allow workstations to change only
#        the encrypted SMB passwords. They allow the Unix password
#        to be kept in sync with the SMB password.
#   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*

# You can use PAM's password change control flag for Samba. If
# enabled, then PAM will be used for password changes when requested
# by an SMB client instead of the program listed in passwd program.
# It should be possible to enable this without changing your passwd
# chat parameter for most setups.

    pam password change = no

# Unix users can map to different SMB User names
# username map = /etc/samba/smbusers

# Using the following line enables you to customise your configuration
# on a per machine basis. The %m gets replaced with the netbios name
# of the machine that is connecting
#   include = /etc/samba/smb.conf.%m

# This parameter will control whether or not Samba should obey PAM's
# account and session management directives. The default behavior is
# to use PAM for clear text authentication only and to ignore any
# account or session management. Note that Samba always ignores PAM
# for authentication in the case of encrypt passwords = yes

# obey pam restrictions = yes

# Most people will find that this option gives better performance.
# See speed.txt and the manual pages for details
#  socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192

# Configure Samba to use multiple interfaces
# If you have multiple network interfaces then you must list them
# here. See the man page for details.
#  interfaces = 192.168.12.2/24 192.168.13.2/24

# Configure remote browse list synchronisation here
#  request announcement to, or browse list sync from:
#       a specific host or from / to a whole subnet (see below)
#   remote browse sync = 192.168.3.25 192.168.5.255
# Cause this host to announce itself to local subnets here
#   remote announce = 192.168.1.255 192.168.2.44

# Browser Control Options:
# set local master to no if you don't want Samba to become a master
# browser on your network. Otherwise the normal election rules apply

    local master = yes

# OS Level determines the precedence of this server in master browser
# elections. The default value should be reasonable
    os level = 64

# Domain Master specifies Samba to be the Domain Master Browser. This
# allows Samba to collate browse lists between subnets. Don't use this
# if you already have a Windows NT domain controller doing this job
    domain master = yes

# Preferred Master causes Samba to force a local browser election on startup
# and gives it a slightly higher chance of winning the election
    preferred master = yes

# Enable this if you want Samba to be a domain logon server for
# Windows95 workstations.
    domain logons = yes
    domain admin group = admin

# if you enable domain logons then you may want a per-machine or
# per user logon script
# run a specific logon batch file per workstation (machine)
#  logon script = %m.bat
# run a specific logon batch file per username
    logon script = scripts\admin.bat

# Where to store roving profiles (only for Win95 and WinNT)
#        %L substitutes for this servers netbios name, %U is username
#        You must uncomment the [Profiles] share below
#   logon path = \usr\local\samba\Profiles\%U
    logon path = \\%L\Profiles\%U

# Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section:
# WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable it's WINS Server
#  wins support = yes

# WINS Server - Tells the NMBD components of Samba to be a WINS Client
#       Note: Samba can be either a WINS Server, or a WINS Client, but NOT both
#  wins server = w.x.y.z

# WINS Proxy - Tells Samba to answer name resolution queries on
# behalf of a non WINS capable client, for this to work there must be
# at least one  WINS Server on the network. The default is NO.
#   wins proxy = yes

# DNS Proxy - tells Samba whether or not to try to resolve NetBIOS names
# via DNS nslookups. The built-in default for versions 1.9.17 is yes,
# this has been changed in version 1.9.18 to no.
#   dns proxy = no

# Case Preservation can be handy - system default is _no_
# NOTE: These can be set on a per share basis
#  preserve case = no
#  short preserve case = no
# Default case is normally upper case for all DOS files
#  default case = lower
# Be very careful with case sensitivity - it can break things!
#  case sensitive = no

#============================ Share Definitions ==============================
[homes]
    comment = Home Directories
    browseable = no
    writable = yes

    valid users = %S
    create mode = 0664
    directory mode = 0775
# If you want users samba doesn't recognize to be mapped to a guest user
#; map to guest = bad user


# Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain Logons
  [netlogon]
    comment = Network Logon Service
    path = /usr/local/samba/netlogon
#  guest ok = yes
#   writable = no
#   share modes = no
    read only = yes
    write list = admin


# Un-comment the following to provide a specific roving profile share
# the default is to use the user's home directory
[Profiles]
     path = /usr/local/samba/profiles
#    browseable = no
#    guest ok = yes
    read only = no
    create mask = 0600
    directory mask = 0700


# NOTE: If you have a BSD-style print system there is no need to
# specifically define each individual printer
#[printers]
#   comment = All Printers
#   path = /var/spool/samba
#   browseable = no
# Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print
#   guest ok = no
#   writable = no
#   printable = yes

# This one is useful for people to share files
#[tmp]
#   comment = Temporary file space
#   path = /tmp
#   read only = no
#   public = yes

# A publicly accessible directory, but read only, except for people in
# the "staff" group
#[public]
#   comment = Public Stuff
#   path = /home/samba
#   public = yes
#   writable = yes
#   printable = no
#   write list = @staff

# Other examples.
#
# A private printer, usable only by fred. Spool data will be placed in fred's
# home directory. Note that fred must have write access to the spool directory,
# wherever it is.
#[fredsprn]
#   comment = Fred's Printer
#   valid users = fred
#   path = /home/fred
#   printer = freds_printer
#   public = no
#   writable = no
#   printable = yes

# A private directory, usable only by fred. Note that fred requires write
# access to the directory.
#[fredsdir]
#   comment = Fred's Service
#   path = /usr/somewhere/private
#   valid users = fred
  #  public = no
  #  writable = yes
  #  printable = no

# a service which has a different directory for each machine that connects
# this allows you to tailor configurations to incoming machines. You could
# also use the %U option to tailor it by user name.
# The %m gets replaced with the machine name that is connecting.
#[pchome]
#  comment = PC Directories
#  path = /usr/local/pc/%m
#  public = no
#  writable = yes

# A publicly accessible directory, read/write to all users. Note that all files
# created in the directory by users will be owned by the default user, so
# any user with access can delete any other user's files. Obviously this
# directory must be writable by the default user. Another user could of course
# be specified, in which case all files would be owned by that user instead.
[public]
    path = /home/public
   public = yes
#   only guest = yes
    writable = yes
         browsable = yes
         available = yes
    printable = no

# The following two entries demonstrate how to share a directory so that two
# users can place files there that will be owned by the specific users. In this
# setup, the directory should be writable by both users and should have the
# sticky bit set on it to prevent abuse. Obviously this could be extended to
# as many users as required.
#[myshare]
#   comment = Mary's and Fred's stuff
#   path = /usr/somewhere/shared
#   valid users = mary fred
#   public = no
#   writable = yes
#   printable = no
#   create mask = 0765