[Samba] Joining Linux to Windows 2000 domain

Fri Jul 30 14:16:17 GMT 2004

Hi Tim
Have you edited your /etc/nsswitch.conf file? This needs to be edited if 
you are running as a domain member server. Look in the documentation if 
you have problems, but you should be able to edit this file fairly easily.
Look for the lines that look like this:

passwd: files (winbind)
shadow: files
group: files (winbind)

they should be similar to that (the stuff in brackets is what you should 
add (without the brackets).

Restart winbind and smb and you should be good to go. (Make sure your 
shares are writeable as well ie your [public] share: as root type `chmod 
777 /export/public` - this gives the world read, write and execute on 
the dir.

PS. Try to respond via the samba list, this makes it possible for other 
people to search (so if someone else has the same problem, they can just 
search the list - "reply all" works!)

Tim Barone wrote:

> Hamish, I feel like I'm getting close!!!!! I worked on it for a while 
> yesterday and when I tried to access the e2efileserver from windows 
> explorer, I got a "Connect to e2efileserver" login window. After 
> entering name and password, it just hung, nothing happended.
>
> I was reading some documentation on modifying PAM files to allow users 
> to access the Linux box. Do you think this is needed in my case????
>
> Thanks again for your time and trying to help a beginning Linux user!!!
>
> Tim
>
>
>
>> From: Hamish <captainmish at gmx.net>
>> To: Tim Barone <timb1971 at hotmail.com>, Samba List 
>> <samba at lists.samba.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Samba] Joining Linux to Windows 2000 domain
>> Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 16:12:43 +0100
>>
>> Hi Tim
>> You might not see the e2efileserver there because you are not running 
>> netbios - this is easy to check, just type `/etc/init.d/nmb start`. 
>> This will start the netbios daemon and you should then be able to get 
>> to your server from windows explorer by \\e2efileserver.
>> You will also need to make sure all those services start when the 
>> server reboots (hopefully not too often!), im not too sure how fedora 
>> gives a gui to your services, but from a console this should work: 
>> `chkconfig --level 35 smb on` repeat this for nmb and winbind (swap 
>> nmb etc for smb) - this will make samba winbind and nmb start when 
>> the server switches to runlevel 3 or 5 (by default you will be 
>> starting in runlevel 5).
>>
>> Since you will be running e2efileserver as a domain member, I think 
>> it would be a good idea to also make sure it does not try to win 
>> browser elections (i may be wrong, but i saw some strange things 
>> happening when my server started trying) you can do this by adding: 
>> "local master = no" and "preferred master = no" to your smb.conf
>>
>> Hopefully that should give you all you need to run ;)
>> H
>>
>> Tim Barone wrote:
>>
>>> Hamish, thanks so much for getting back to me! I made sure to follow 
>>> all of your suggestions. Also, I made a few changes to smb.conf and 
>>> now wbinfo -u gives me a list of users and wbinfo -g gives me a list 
>>> of groups. Making some progress!!!
>>>
>>> I made the following changes to smb.conf:
>>>
>>>
>>> security = ads
>>>
>>>
>>> When I go to a Windows machine and view the entire network, I do not 
>>> see an e2efileserver icon (e2efileserver is my Linux box). Any 
>>> further ideas on what I can do????
>>>
>>> Tim
>>>
>>>
>>>> From: Hamish <captainmish at gmx.net>
>>>> To: Tim Barone <timb1971 at hotmail.com>
>>>> CC: samba at lists.samba.org
>>>> Subject: Re: [Samba] Joining Linux to Windows 2000 domain
>>>> Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 09:42:18 +0100
>>>>
>>>> Make sure winbind is running (have you edited nsswitch.conf to 
>>>> include winbind?) and that nscd is not running. You can stop nscd 
>>>> and restart all the samba services with `/etc/init.d/nscd stop` 
>>>> then `/etc/init.d/smb restart` `/etc/init.d/nmb restart` 
>>>> `/etc/init.d/winbind restart`
>>>> Hope this helps
>>>>
>>>> Tim Barone wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello, I am new to Linux, Samba, and actually servers in general. 
>>>>> I am attempting to set up a Linux file server and join it to a 
>>>>> Windows 2000 domain. All I want to be able to do is get files from 
>>>>> the linux file server and put files on it. I do not want it to be 
>>>>> the domain controller.
>>>>>
>>>>> I join the domain using: net join -S 10.10.10.40 
>>>>> -UAdministrator%password
>>>>>
>>>>> It tells me that I have joined the domain.
>>>>>
>>>>> wbinfo -t & wbinfo -p work fine!
>>>>>
>>>>> Wbinfo -u gives me: Error looking up domain members
>>>>> Wbinfo -g gives me: Error looking up domain groups
>>>>>
>>>>> Any ideas on what to do?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks a bunch!
>>>>>
>>>>> Linux is Fedora Core 1
>>>>> Samba is 3.0
>>>>>
>>>>> smb.conf file:
>>>>>
>>>>> [global]
>>>>> workgroup = EIIECOMM
>>>>> netbios name = e2efileserver1
>>>>> realm = EIIECOMM.COM
>>>>> idmap uid = 10000 - 15000
>>>>> idmap gid = 10000 - 15000
>>>>> winbind separator = +
>>>>> winbind use default domain = Yes
>>>>> use sendfile = Yes
>>>>> server string= Samba Server
>>>>> printcap anme = /etc/printer
>>>>> load printers = yes
>>>>> log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
>>>>> max log size = 50
>>>>> security = domain
>>>>> password server = *
>>>>> socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
>>>>> local master = no
>>>>> os level = 33
>>>>> wins support = no
>>>>> wins server = 10.10.10.40 (I'm not sure this is a wins server)
>>>>> dns proxy = no
>>>>>
>>>>> [homes]
>>>>> comment = Home Directories
>>>>> valid users = %S
>>>>> browseable = yes
>>>>> writeable = yes
>>>>>
>>>>> [tmp]
>>>>> comment = Temporary file space
>>>>> path = /tmp
>>>>> writeable = yes
>>>>> guest ok = yes
>>>>>
>>>>> [public]
>>>>> comment = Data
>>>>> path = /export/public
>>>>> public = yes
>>>>> writeable = yes
>>>>>
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