[Samba] Re: XP Failure to Join Domain

[Ulf Dettmer]

Hi,
disconnect from all shares and delete all network printers on the 
Windows XP box. Use "nbtstat -s" to see if you are really no longer 
connected to the samba server. Then try again to join the WinXP machine ...
cheers, Ulf

Ken Smith schrieb:
> I’m using SAMBA 3.0.4-6.3E as a PDC. I have Win98, WinNT4 and Win2000
> clients successfully joined to the domain. But I can’t get an XP box to
> join. The XP machine can ‘see’ shares on the SAMBA PDC but strangely does
> not show up in network neighbourhood. You can find it if you search for it.
> 
> The PDC is just using smbpasswd, no LDAP
> 
> The machine add line in my smb.conf is as follows.....
> 
> add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g machines -c
> Samba_Machine_Trust_Account -s /bin/false -M %u
> 
> When I try to join the XP (SP1) machine to the domain it gives the error:-
> 
> “Multiple connections to a server or shared resource by the same user, using
> more than one username, are not allowed. Disconnect all previous connections
> to the server or shared resource and try again”
> 
> I have applied all the various registry settings to the XP machine as
> suggested, set the local policies and deleted all network connections with
> "net use * /del" at a command prompt
> 
> The registry hive from the XP machine is.... 
> 
> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
> 
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netlogon\Parameters]
> "DisablePasswordChange"=dword:00000000
> "requiresignorseal"=dword:00000000
> "requirestrongkey"=dword:00000000
> "sealsecurechannel"=dword:00000001
> "signsecurechannel"=dword:00000001
> "DBFlag"="0"
> "Update"="no"
> 
> The log entry for the XP machine showing my attempts to join the domain in
> /var/log/samba is
> 
> [2004/08/15 10:40:48, 0] lib/util_sock.c:read_socket_data(367)
>   read_socket_data: recv failure for 4. Error = Connection reset by peer
> [2004/08/15 10:51:02, 0] lib/util_sock.c:read_socket_data(367)
>   read_socket_data: recv failure for 4. Error = Connection reset by peer
> [2004/08/15 11:36:52, 0] lib/util_sock.c:read_socket_data(367)
>   read_socket_data: recv failure for 4. Error = Connection reset by peer
> [2004/08/15 11:42:19, 0] lib/util_sock.c:read_socket_data(367)
>   read_socket_data: recv failure for 4. Error = Connection reset by peer
> 
> I'm a bit stuck - what have I missed - Is there a "Definitive Guide to
> joining XP to a SAMBA PDC" out there somewhere....
> 
> Thanks in advance
>  
> Ken
> 
> 
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