[Samba] machine trust account issue

Sean Roe sean at adoptionmedia.com
Tue Aug 30 19:03:53 GMT 2005


Sean Roe wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Just joined this list so excuse me if this has been addressed 
> recently.  I have a samba server acting as a pdc for my domain and all 
> the workstations except on log on fine and work like good little 
> windows boxes should.  I just built a new machine and joined it to the 
> domain and that all went smoothly, a user can log on to the domain no 
> problem.  but after they have logged in and are getting ready to 
> start, an icon in the tray comes up and says the fileserver (pdc) is 
> offline even though it isn't. This happens to all users who loginto 
> the workstation except 'administrator'.  I have tried renaming the 
> workstation, leaving the domain and rejoining, deleteing the machine 
> account. I am at my wits end.  The workstation maintains connectivity 
> to the internet with no problem, so I assume the networking is all 
> good, but  I have no idea where to go from here.
>
> Thanks,
> Sean

BTW this is a debian 3.1 machine and samba is Version 3.0.14a-Debian.  
The windows machine is XP SP2


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