[Samba] can mount share, cannot join domain

[Adrian Hicks]

Firstly, the man page says to use "add machine script"... AND

Can someone tell me why my thinking is wrong.  Isn't %u the username of the 
current service, if any, as described in the smb.conf man page?

If so, why do the doc's (including the man page) put %u in the command for 
adding a machine account to the UNIX side?

Doesn't the machine account need the NetBIOS name of the client, and isn't 
this represented in Samba by %m?

Wouldn't the command for adding a machine be something more like (3.0.x):


add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -c Machine -d /dev/null -g 100  \ 
-s /bin/false %m


Can't test right now as our only 2000 machine is busy.  Can anyone else 
confirm?


Adrian Hicks
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Auston Int'l Group Ltd
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On 14 October 2004 pm 20:43, Anton K. wrote:
> jason kawaja wrote:
> >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
>
> Maybe you forgot to add root in samba
> like smbpasswd -a root