[Samba] Samba 3 as PDC with Debian Linux server and Windows XP clients

[Andrew Bevan]

Dear list

I am relatively new to networking problems of this kind so apologies 
for the potentially simple question. I am trying to upgrade an existing 
network to one using Samba 3 to configure roaming XP profiles on a 
limited number of clients. I have re-written the smb.conf file to 
reflect what I think are the appropriate settings, and this passed 
testparm successfully, but I am unclear what to do next, despite the 
help offered in the usual howtos.

Additionally when i try to run smbclient -L  [hostname]

> read_socket_with_timeout: timeout read. read error = Connection reset 
> by peer.tree connect failed: Read error: Connection reset by peer

Can anyone let me know what I should be doing next? Part of my 
confusion is whether I need to move or otherwise re-set existing 
user-logins (for Unix, currently matched but not synchronised in the 
samba database) and passwords for them to act as individual profiles 
for XP.

Many thanks for any help
Andy


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