[Samba] Samba3.0.1 - can't join new XP Pro pc to domain]

[mrosamba at eastgranby.k12.ct.us]

When adding machines to a Samba-2.2 controlled domain, the ‘add user
script’ was
used to create the UNIX identity of the Machine Trust Account. Samba-3
introduces
a new ‘add machine script’ that must be specified for this purpose.
Samba-3 will not
fall back to using the ‘add user script’ in the absence of an ‘add
machine script’.




> We have a very simple samba PDC setup using smbpasswd.  About 10 days
> ago, I migrated from RH8/Samba2.2.7 to Fedora/Samba3.0.1 successfully.
> Now all morning, I've been trying to add another XP Pro PC to the
> domain without success.  The following message appears after typing in
> the root id/password as part of joining the domain.
>
> The following error occured attempting to join the domain "JAVA" The
> user name could not be found.
>
> In /var/log/samba, after doing this, I now see a zero length
> log.PCNAME file and a zero length log.192.168.3.72 file. where the ip
> address is that of the pc.
>
> I am successful in joining this PC to another domain which is still
> 2.2.7.
>
> When I migrated, I did not change any entries in smb.conf.  This PC
> has the registry SignOrSeal patch applied.  In smb.conf, I have the
> following statement
>
> add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g machines -c
> 'Machine Account' -s /bin/false -M %u
>
> which again was carried forward from samba2.2.7.
>
> Please help.
>
> Mark Orenstein
> East Granby, CT School System
>
>
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