[Samba] Re: Hot to configure Samba 3 as PDC and BDC for a Windows network

[Paul Gienger]

Chuck Chauvin wrote:

>In 2.2.4 I had to change the registry in Windows XP in order to join a Samba 
>domain.
>
>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE->SYSTEM->CurrentControlSet->Services->Netlogon->Parameters
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>Change the value of
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>requiresignorseal
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>to
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>0
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>of course I am using 2.2.4 so it may be different for Samba 3
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>
Yes that is no longer required since samba 3.0.0 I believe, definately 
not in the current releases.

>--
>Chuck Chauvin
>
>---------- Original Message -----------
>From: ksun at ABINITIO.COM
>To: samba at lists.samba.org
>Sent: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 19:23:52 +0000 (UTC)
>Subject: [Samba] Re: Hot to configure Samba 3 as PDC and BDC for a Windows
>	network
>
>  
>
>>Hello John,
>>
>>        I also like your books "Samba-3 by Example: and :The 
>>Official Samba-3 Howto and Reference Guide".
>>
>>        Between these books, I managed to test the procedure of 
>>migrating our existing NT4 PDC to Samba PDC.
>>
>>        The migration is successful for the most parts. I am able to 
>>verify that the users/group SIDs/Passwords are correct. 
>>
>>        However, Windows 2000/XP computers failed to find the samba 
>>Domain Controller. They can rejoin the domain without any problem. 
>>
>>        I verified that the SIDs in 2000/XP is the same as the 
>>corresponding one in LDAP backend and there is a SambaNTPassword 
>>entry but I don't have a way to check if they are migrated correctly.
>>
>>        I have no clue how Window 2000/XP determines if an expected 
>>domain is available and what are the conversations between the 
>>workstation, samba, and ldap. I monitored the tcpdump during the 
>>time a Windows XP started loging in as a domain user and the time it 
>>failed not being able to find a domain, most of the traffic is to 
>>the LDAP server. What was it looking for?
>>
>>        I believe eventually I would see a sesson in your books on 
>>What Went Wrong With Mirgration (WWWM). Can I have a preview of that 
>>Session now???
>>
>>        Thank you very much!
>>
>>-- Kang Sun
>>ksun at abinitio.com
>>
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