[Samba] Server name appears as domain name

[Jonathan Johnson]

I've got a Samba 3.0.4 server running on RedHat 8.0 as a PDC. It's the
only domain controller on the network, and the only WINS server on the
network.

The problem is, when I browse the network neighborhood, I see the
NetBIOS name of the server ("SERVER") appear as a workgroup/domain
(though there are no hosts listed in this phantom domain). It also
appears as a computer under the AEC domain. All computers on the
network are either in the workgroup AEC or domain members of AEC.

When I attempt to use User Manager for Domains (usrmgr.exe, from
SRVTOOLS) from a Win2K or XP client, I am first presented with the
error message, "Could not find domain controller for this domain. Would
you like to select another domain to administer?" I suspect it is first
trying to connect to a DC on the phantom domain, SERVER. In the "Select
Domain" dialog box, both AEC and SERVER appear as domains.

I have been having some problems that come and go that seem to be
related to browsing, domain group SIDs, and so forth. I suspect that
whatever is causing the netbios hostname appear as a domain may be the
root cause.

I suspect it's a domain browsing / nmbd / WINS issue, but I'm stumped
as to where the problem lies. I've tried clearing the NetBIOS cache
(using nbtstat -R) then restarting the workstation to no effect. The
wins.dat database looks normal to me.

Below is the global section of smb.conf:

[global]
        workgroup = AEC
	netbios name = SERVER
        server string = PowerWave Server PDC
        update encrypted = Yes
        null passwords = Yes
        obey pam restrictions = Yes
        passdb backend = tdbsam
        pam password change = Yes
        passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
        passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n *passwd:*all*authentication*
        unix password sync = Yes
        log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
        max log size = 0
        socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
        add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd '%u'
        delete user script = /usr/sbin/userdel '%u'
        add group script = /etc/samba/bin/smbgroupadd '%g'
        delete group script = /etc/samba/bin/smbgroupdel '%g'
        add user to group script = /usr/bin/gpasswd -a '%u' '%g'
        delete user from group script = /usr/bin/gpasswd -d '%u' '%g'
        set primary group script = /usr/sbin/usermod -g '%g' '%u'
        add machine script = /usr/sbin/adduser -n -g machines -c Machine -s /bin/false -M '%u'
        logon path =
        domain logons = Yes
        os level = 65
        preferred master = Yes
        domain master = Yes
        dns proxy = No
        wins support = Yes
        ldap ssl = no
        add share command = /usr/sbin/modify_samba_config.pl
        change share command = /usr/sbin/modify_samba_config.pl
        delete share command = /usr/sbin/modify_samba_config.pl
        printing = lprng
        print command = lpr -r -P'%p' %s
        lpq command = lpq -P'%p'
        lprm command = lprm -P'%p' %j
        lppause command = lpc hold '%p' %j
        lpresume command = lpc release '%p' %j
        queuepause command = lpc stop '%p'
        queueresume command = lpc start '%p'



--Jon Johnson
Sutinen Consulting, Inc.
jon at sutinen.com
(360) 270-9317 cell