[Samba] can mount share, cannot join domain

[jason kawaja]

On Tue, 12 Oct 2004, jason kawaja wrote:

> i am not using ldap.  samba 3.0.7 on sparc solaris.  winxp pro client.
>
> [global]
>
>         netbios name = bunny
>         workgroup = ecel
>         time server = yes
>         security = user
>         encrypt passwords = yes
>         wins support = yes
>         domain master = yes
>         local master = yes
>         os level = 65
>         domain logons = yes
>         logon path = \\%L\%u\.win_profile
>         logon script = logon.bat
>         logon drive = D:
>         logon home = \\%L\%u\.win_home
>         add user script = useradd -d /dev/null -g 100 -s /usr/bin/false %u
>
> [netlogon]
>
>         path = /usr/local/samba/lib/netlogon
>         writable = no
>         browsable = no
>
> [homes]
>
>         comment = Home Directories
>         browsable = no
>         writable = yes
>         valid users = @student @despot
>         invalid users = @other @sys @adm @uucp @mail @tty @lp @nuucp @staff \
>                         @daemon @sysadmin @bobody @noaccess @nogroup @nofiles @qmail
>         max connections = 80
>
> drwxrwxr-x    2 root     other         512 Oct  8 13:21 netlogon/
>
> when attempting to set/join domain from My Computer -> Properties, a
> window pops up asking for username password and i enter root along with
> the smbpassword for the root (uid=0) account.
>
> then an error box saying "The user name could not be found." is
> displayed.
>
> i can mount a share using a non uid=0 samba account to this client.
>
> ideas?

how about a nudge in the right direction?

--
Jason Kawaja
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt