[Samba] Joining windows client to Samba Domain
Gareth Cummings
gareth.cummings at globoforce.com
Tue Oct 3 13:26:11 GMT 2006
Hi
I have recently set-up Samba 3.0.10-0.1 on Suse 9.1. All is working
fine, I can create users, groups, see my network shares, grant access to
them etc. Recently I have tried to set-up the Samba server as a PDC, I
have configured the smb.conf and from looking through different
tutorials and notes it seems to be correct. However when I try and add
a windows client to the domain I get an error in regards to the client
being unable to look up the domain name on the wins server.
As far as I can make out I have configured the samba server correctly to
be a wins server by adding the wins support = Yes to the smb.conf file
however for some reason I am still unable to verify the domain name via
the client. I do not think this is a client issue as it is able to join
a different Samba domain on a different network. Below is my smb.conf
file I was hoping someone could help.
/[global]
workgroup = TEST
passwd chat = *New*Password* %n\n*Re-enter*new*password* %n\n
*Password*changed*
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
syslog = 0
name resolve order = wins bcast hosts
add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -m '%u'
delete user script = /usr/sbin/userdel -r '%u'
add group script = /usr/sbin/groupadd '%g'
delete group script = /usr/sbin/groupdel '%g'
add user to group script = /usr/sbin/usermod -G '%g' '%u'
add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -s /bin/false -d
/var/lib/nobody '%u'
logon script = scripts\login.bat
logon path =
logon drive = X:
domain logons = Yes
preferred master = Yes
wins support = Yes
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
valid users = %S
read only = No
browseable = No
[netlogon]
comment = Network Logon Service
path = /data/%U
valid users = %S
read only = No
[accounts]
comment = Accounting Files
path = /data/accounts
valid users = %G
read only = No
[finsvcs]
comment = Financial Service Files
path = /data/finsvcs
valid users = %G
read only = No/
Can anybody see what I am doing wrong?
Thanks in advance,
Gareth Cummings
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