[Samba] Joining NT4 workstations to a Samba 3 Domain

Henrique henrique at astuto.com.br
Fri Jun 25 17:07:48 GMT 2004


I have this problem. I solved deleting a line "set primary group script"
But, this is a samba3 bug? I can fix it. I need this line? What i can make?
Help!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Hobbs" <chobbs at silvervalley.k12.ca.us>
To: <samba at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 12:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Samba] Joining NT4 workstations to a Samba 3 Domain


> Chris Hobbs wrote:
> 
> > Should I submit this to bugzilla? I'd hate to do that until I've 
> > exhausted my options on the mailing list.
> 
> Well this turned out to be an empty threat -- turns out the general
> public can't submit bugs at bugzilla.samba.org :)
> 
> I know (from private e-mail and IRC) that I'm not the only one with this
> issue. Is there anyone on the list that has NT4 clients working with a
> Samba3+LDAP domain?
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help,
> 
> >
> > Chris Hobbs wrote:
> >
> >> Linux: Fedora Core 2
> >> Samba: 3.0.3
> >> OpenLDAP: 2.1.29
> >>
> >> I've noticed a couple of other messages in this month's archives that 
> >> suggest they're having the same problem as I, but so far no 
> >> resolution has been reported.
> >>
> >> I've got a new Samba domain up and running with LDAP that allows me 
> >> to join Win2K and XP clients, but not NT4 workstations. I've added 
> >> the machine account with the command: smbldap-useradd -w MISTEST02
> >>
> >> An ldapsearch confirms that the machine account has been created. On 
> >> attmpting to join the domai nfrom the NT4 client I receive the 
> >> following error message:
> >>
> >> "The machine account for this computer either does not exist or is 
> >> inaccessible."
> >>
> >> Amazingly, the machine account has now disappeared from the LDAP 
> >> directory, as confirmed by running  ldapsearch.
> >>
> >> Trying to add the machine without first running smbldap-useradd 
> >> (which works fine for the 2K and XP clients) gives me the same error.
> >>
> >> I'll be happy to provide confs, debug logs and tcpdumps if those will 
> >> be helpful - simply let me know what needs to be captured. Thanks in 
> >> advance for your help.
> >>
> >
> >
> 
> 
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