[Samba] Enventid 3224: Errors in chaning machine password. (& eventid 3210)

[Tarjei Huse]

On Tue, 2004-04-27 at 15:02, Collins, Kevin wrote:
> > Hi, 
> 
> HEY!  I may not going to be able to help, but I want to chime in here and
> let you know that you're not alone.  :(
I know, I've seen this on other servers as well.

> Maybe with both your information and mine, something will pop-out in the
> Coder's mind or someone else who has been having the same issue.
Maybe :-)

This is from eventid.net:
http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=3224&source=netlogon
It points us to this Knowledgebase article:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;259736#appliesto

If you got time, can you test the solution described there tomorrow (or
today depending on when you read this)?

PS: To the sambaproject: How about creating a WIKI for this kind of info
hosted on samba.org?

Tarjei
 
> > I got a problem using Samba 3.0.2a w Openldap as 
> > passwordstore. When my machines tries to reset their 
> > machinepasswords, they report the following error:
> > 
> > Eventid: 3224 : stub contained bad data while trying to 
> > change the machine password. 
> > (please relate to the eventid as the text has been partly 
> > translated from norwegian)
> > 
> > What I am wondering about is the following:
> > a) Has anyone else experienced errors like this one on ther 
> > network and found a solution?
> 
> While looking through my logs this morning, I came across this exact same
> error in at least two of my machines (I'm trolling through the others now).
> The two machines in question have been reporting this error message every 4
> hours (approx.) since the first week of the month.
> 
> > b)  The computer seems to work for now,
> 
> Both of the machines are working fine (at the moment).
> 
> > but I wonder ho long it will go on without beeing able to
> > change it's machinepassword.
> 
> Well, mine have been like this for nearly a month now.  Not saying they
> won't die today, but at least they have that long.
> 
> > c) Is it possible to have the machine log when it has 
> > successfully changed the password as well? 
> 
> I think this is an automated process that neither an admin nor Samba can
> control.
> 
> FYI, my setup is like this:
> 
> Samba 3.0.2 PDC with LDAP password backend.
> Workstations are 99% Windows 2000 Pro w/SP4 (I do have one Windows 98SE box
> and 2 Windows XP Pro w/SP1 machines floating around).
> 
> One of the machines in question is running Windows 2000, the other (mine) is
> running Windows XP.
> 
> What kind of information would the Devel. Team need to solve this?  Since it
> seems to happen about every 4 hours I could run a level 10 log for my
> machine and try to capture it.  Would that help?
> 
> --
> Kevin L. Collins, MCSE
> Systems Manager
> Nesbitt Engineering, Inc.