[Samba] Domain Root Password

[Mark Sarria]

all you need to do is type:

#smbpasswd root

-mark

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gerald Cenir" <gcenir at globalsources.com>
To: <samba at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 7:57 PM
Subject: [Samba] Domain Root Password


> Hi!
>
>         How do we provide a password for the domain root?
>         I am using Samba 3.0.3-5 and openldap-2.1.29-1 on a Fedora Core 2
>
>         Following the steps found in
> http://samba.idealx.org/smbldap-howto.en.html I issued to command:
>
>         # smbldap-populate
>
>         In the howto after executing the command, the entries were added
and
> it asked to provide a password for the domain root. But in my case, it did
> not ask for a password.
>
> Regards,
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: samba-bounces+gcenir=globalsources.com at lists.samba.org
> [mailto:samba-bounces+gcenir=globalsources.com at lists.samba.org]On Behalf
Of
> Rory Erickson
> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 10:27 AM
> To: 'Shawn Henderson'
> Cc: samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: RE: [Samba] Browsing through a tunnelled VPN connection
>
> Hi there,
>
>
>
> This issue appears to have resolved itself after each of the
> workstations on the local network rebooted and got the current WINS
> server from the router(the Linksys router had an option to push this to
> them via DHCP).  They were being pushed an old IP address that did not
> exist.
>
>
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Rory Erickson
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shawn Henderson [mailto:shawn at techcoms.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 7:19 PM
> To: Rory Erickson
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Browsing through a tunnelled VPN connection
>
>
>
> I had this problem with winxp/2k until I maded the local workstation a
> workgroup member of the domain.
>
> Rory Erickson wrote:
>
> Thanks Craig, I'll send this to the OpenVPN list. I wasn't quite sure
> where to send it since it's the interaction between the two packages
> where the problem appears to be, or I just don't see where it is which
> is definitely possible.
>
> Two final questions, if someone perhaps has an answer as my knowledge of
> WINS is severally limited.
>
> 1) Is there any simple way to determine if WINS is functioning?  The
> fact that over a tunneled connection where bcast is not supported yet
> names do resolve if I run them via start (ie: \\SERVER) may indicate
> this.  But is there any other way to determine this from a client
> machine?
>
> 2) Does a WINS server allow you to browse computers via My Network
> Places in an instance when bcast is not supported?
>
>
> -
> Rory Erickson
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: samba-bounces+rerickson=kixmedia.ca at lists.samba.org
> [mailto:samba-bounces+rerickson=kixmedia.ca at lists.samba.org] On Behalf
> Of Craig White
> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 1:11 AM
> To: samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Browsing through a tunnelled VPN connection
>
> On Mon, 2005-04-04 at 22:34 -0700, Rory Erickson wrote:
>
>
> Hi there,
>
> I am trying to determine the best way for this to be done.
>
> I'm currently using a VPN software package called OpenVPN, which I
> connect to through a tunneled connection.
>
> When I connect to the VPN I am given an IP address of 192.168.3.6, and
>
>
> a
>
>
> subnet mask of 255.255.255.252.  The Samba server has an IP address of
> 192.168.2.101 and has a subnet mask of 255.255.255.128.  A WINS server
> address of 192.168.2.101 is pushed to my VPN client when I connect.
>
> Once I connect to the VPN I can access each computer on the network,
> including the Samba server by typing their netbios name pre-pended by
>
>
> a
>
>
> \\.  However, I am unable to browse to these computers via Network
> Neighborhood on my Windows 98 machine, nor My Network Places on any of
> my Windows XP machines.  I believe I had enabled WINS on the Samba
> server, which I was under the impression it would enable this even
> though the computers do not broadcast like on a local network or
>
>
> bridged
>
>
> VPN connection.
>
> Was I incorrect in this assumption?  If so, are there any potential
> options that I may have available to accomplish this--the cosmetic
>
>
> issue
>
>
> of being able to see the computers on the network via My Network
>
>
> Places
>
>
> even when connected via a tunneled VPN connection?
>
>
> ----
> openvpn offers several modes of use.
>
> this question might be better handles by openvpn list.
>
> assuming that other machines are capable of browsing the network and
> locating other systems on the LAN via WINS, it would stand to reason
> that a remote computer via VPN should be also able to browse the network
> via WINS - if the connection permitted and the remote computer had been
> set up with the same WINS settings.
>
> Craig
>
>
>
>
>
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