[Samba] setting up Samba server as a PDC

[Adam Williams]

you run smbpasswd -a root on the sun samba server.  if you don't have a 
DHCP server, then add the IP of your sun samba server into the WINS 
server ip line in the network properties of the windows client PC you 
are trying to add to the domain.

Eric Evans wrote:
> Thanks.  It's still not working though.  A couple of things concern me 
> about your advice.  First of all I can't smbpasswd -a root on our 
> Windows server because we don't have a Windows server.  Secondly we 
> can't change the network properties on the DHCP server because we 
> don't have a DHCP server.  So I'm now starting to wonder if what I am 
> trying to do is even technically feasible at all with our current PC & 
> Samba setup.  We have a Sun workstation that is running the Samba 
> server.  And we have several PC clients, some of which run Win2k and 
> some WinXP.  That's it.  What I would LIKE to be able to do is to set 
> up our system to enable domain logons from the Windows clients.  Is 
> that something that is technically feasible with our current setup or 
> not?  If so, how could I accomplish that?
>
> Thanks a lot,
> Eric
>
>> you have to use root with root's password.  smbpasswd -a root  also 
>> on the windows server you need to set the IP address of the samba 
>> server as your WINS server in the network properties or on your DHCP 
>> server settings.
>>
>> Eric Evans wrote:
>>> I'm still trying to set up our Samba server as a PDC.  I tried to do 
>>> this yesterday and couldn't get my clients to recognize the server 
>>> as a domain controller.  Someone on this list suggested that I 
>>> upgrade my Samba from version 2 to 3.  I've done that, and things 
>>> seem to be a little better than they were yesterday.  Now when I go 
>>> to my Windows client machine and try to set it up for domain logins, 
>>> it no longer tells me that there is no domain controller when I 
>>> enter the domain name in the system control panel.  Instead, it 
>>> prompts me for a name and password of an account with permission to 
>>> join the domain.  So I enter my username and password.  Then I get 
>>> an error message that says that the network path could not be found.
>>>
>>> Does anyone have any idea if there is anything further that I need 
>>> to do to set up the Samba server as a PDC?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Eric
>>>
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