[Samba] Domain + Workgroup with same name: problem?

[Alexander Goeres]

I thought this bit about "local master" was the default setting, but I 
specified it anyway. I also put in "os level = 200", and hope the domain will 
be working on and on and on until the people in the bureau forget where the 
machine stands...

thanx

Alexander

Am Montag, 26. Januar 2004 11:51 schrieb rruegner:
> up this "os level = 255"
> add this too
> local master = yes
> regards
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alexander Goeres" <agoeres at lieblinx.net>
> To: "samba liste" <samba at lists.samba.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 11:25 AM
> Subject: [Samba] Domain + Workgroup with same name: problem?
>
>
> Hello everybody!
>
> I finally managed to set up a Samba 3.0.1 PDC that ran perfectly in the
> test-environment. Problems arose, when I installed it in a real bureau
> network.
>
> On a prepared w2k client that was already a domain member one could log on
> to
> the domain with the administrator's account, but trying to add other w2k
> clients failed with error msgs like: "Domain controller not found."
>
> That was strange, because the PDC was obviously there and the Administrator
> was already logged in and in the test environment adding a machine worked
> without any problems.
>
> After several hours search I found out, that there existed some (hidden in
> a back room.. :-\) XP Home clients that were members of a workgroup with
> the same name as the domain. They were already running when I introduced
> the Samba PDC into the network. When I switched them off and restarted
> Samba the PDC could be found sometimes but sometimes not.
>
> After messing around with what I took to be cached data on the Samba Server
> refering to WINS aso. I took the radical way and reinstalled Samba with the
> same configs but with a different domain name. That solved the problem for
> once.
>
> But it leaves a general problem: It looks as if you can render a PDC
> unusable
> if you introduce a machine into its network, that is in a workgoup of the
> same name as the domain.
>
> So my question is:
> How do I configure the Samba PDC that clients within the same network know
> who
> is the master of the universe and who is just an impostor? Especially the
> PDC
> itself should not get confused about this!
>
> The relevant entries (I think) in my smb.conf are:
> domain master = Yes
>         domain logons = Yes
>         preferred master = Yes
>         wins support = Yes
> os leve = 64
>
> greetings
>
> Alexander
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