[Samba] Winbind problem

[Chris]

On Tuesday 20 July 2004 04:39 pm, you wrote:
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> Chris wrote:
> | Since we are dealing with ADS, I thought it would be
> | safe to refer to things  in ads nomanclature.  Aparently
> | not the case with the password server.  The
> | error output was likewise misleading:
> |
> |  [2004/07/15 11:55:43, 1]
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> nsswitch/winbindd_ads.c:ads_cached_connection(81)
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> |  ads_connect for domain NEWDOMAIN failed: No such file or directory
> |
> | I was looking all around both machines' filesystems,
> | LDAP and ADS for a file  or directory that was missing.  Turns
> | out that had nothing to do with it.
> |
> | The problem was this line in my smb.conf:
> | password server = stan.newdomain.int
> |
> | It should have been
> | password server = STAN
> |
> | i.e. in netbios nomanclature -- not ADS(DNS) nomanclature.
> |
> | I am amazed that no one caught that, but there it is!
> | So much grief for such  a stupid gaff.
> |
> | I thank those who took the time to read my post, and
> | hope that this will help  someone in the future.
>
> Chris,
>
> This should have worked.  Either netbios names, fwdn's, or
> ip addresses are supported values in the pasword server
> field in the Samba 3.0.x series.
>
> Does stan.newdomain.int resolve to an IP address and
> does that machine have netbios enabled ?

Gerald,

Yes, stan.newdomain.int resolves very nicely to an IP address, and yes it has 
netbios enabled.  That is what baffled me.

Chris



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