[Samba] Samba PDC on RH9 w/ W2k SP4 Client.

[Emannuel Silva]

Hi Folks,

  I have a RH9 machine running Samba 3.0.0 (Had the same situation when
  running 2.2.8) and I am not being able to make my W2K SP4 clients or XP
  join the PDC.

  I keep receiving the following message:


   "The following error occurred validating the name "ADIDOMAIN"
   The condition may be caused by a DNS lookup problem. For information 
   about troubleshooting common DNS lookup problems, please see Microsoft 
   Web Site: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=5171

   The Specified domain either does no exist or could not be contacted."

My first tough was that nmb was broken, and the netbios name was not
being setup correctly.
But I did the following:


Tried to find the domain:

[root at adilnx02 root]# nmblookup adidomain
added interface ip=10.179.8.90 bcast=10.179.8.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
querying adidomain on 10.179.8.255
Got a positive name query response from 10.179.8.90 ( 10.179.8.90 )
10.179.8.90 adidomain<00>


Tried to find the client:

[root at adilnx02 root]# nmblookup imageadi
added interface ip=10.179.8.90 bcast=10.179.8.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
querying imageadi on 10.179.8.255
Got a positive name query response from 10.179.8.149 ( 10.179.8.149 )
10.179.8.149 imageadi<00>

both are working!

Then I tough it was probably something to do with my client. For some
reason, my client was not being able to see my domain. Then I tried:

net use h: \\adidomain\homes /user:myuser 
ping adidomain

and both works!

Checked my services: (/etc/services)

netbios-ns      137/tcp                         # NETBIOS Name Service
netbios-ns      137/udp
netbios-dgm     138/tcp                         # NETBIOS Datagram
Service
netbios-dgm     138/udp
netbios-ssn     139/tcp                         # NETBIOS session service
netbios-ssn     139/udp
microsoft-ds    445/tcp
microsoft-ds    445/udp

seens okay.

Checked the proccess:


root      5807  0.0  1.0  9620 2580 ?        S    14:26   0:00 smbd -D
root      5811  0.0  0.9  7840 2436 ?        S    14:26   0:00 nmbd -D
nobody    5890  0.0  1.2 10088 3244 ?        S    14:54   0:00 [smbd]
nobody    5891  0.0  1.2 10096 3252 ?        S    14:54   0:00 [smbd]

seens okay also.


checked my config file:

[global]
    add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g workstations -s
    /bin/false -M %u
    create mask = 0664
    dead time = 0
    debug level = 3
    default case = lower
    directory mask = 0770
    dns proxy = no
    domain logons = yes
    domain master = yes
    dos filetimes = yes
    encrypt passwords = yes
    hide dot files = yes
    interfaces     = tr0
    load printers = no
    local master = yes
    log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
    log level = 2
    logon drive = H:
    logon path  = \\%L\profiles\%u
    logon home  = \\%L\%U\.profile
    logon script = netlogin.bat
    max log size = 50
    name resolve order = host wins bcast
    netbios name = adidomain
    os level = 64
    passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
    os level = 64
    passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
    password level = 8
    preferred master = yes
    printcap name = /etc/printcap
    security = user
    server string = ADI Primary Domain Controller (Samba %v PDC)
    socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192
    SO_SNDBUF=8192
    smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
    time server = yes
    unix password sync = yes
    username level = 8
    username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
    wins support = yes
    workgroup = ADI
    null passwords = no


[netlogon]
  path              = /home/domain/netlogon
  read only         = yes
  browseable        = no
  write list        = @admin


[profiles]
    path = /home/domain/profiles
    read only = no
    path = /home/domain/profiles
    read only = no
    create mask = 0600
    directory mask = 0700
    force directory mode = 0700
    inherit permissions = yes
    nt acl support = yes
    map system = yes
    map hidden = yes
    browseable = no
    comment = User profile directory on %L (Samba %v PDC)
    profile acls = yes


[homes]
  comment           = Home Directories
  browseable        = no
  writeable         = yes


Does not looks like I have a problem here. testparm is happy also.


I did my homework by googling and looking for things in the maillist.
Found lot of info on SP4 + Samba.
Things I tried (All the combinations of the following were tried):

- Disable LMSHOSTS
- Add samba server to DNS configuration
- Add samba server to wins configuration
- Change the netlogon\parameters thing on the REGEDIT, even knowing its
only for windows XP pro.


And its still not working, still giving that DNS message.

Is there anything else I could try? Do any of you guys have experience in
this scenario? 
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you very much,

  Emannuel Silva