[Samba] samba as a pdc problems

[Jon H. Peterson]

hi,
still having a problem adding a new user with the win2k usrmgr.exe:

I get the following log entries:
Cannot lock password file: already locked.
[2007/11/24 15:21:46, 0] rpc_server/srv_samr_nt.c:_samr_create_user(2415)
  _samr_create_user: Running the command `/usr/sbin/useradd -m 'akop'' gave
5

looking at the "useradd" source, the "gave 5" is a return code equivalent of
the
"Cannot lock password file: already locked." error message above
i am not sure what I, as the user do, to effect the locking sequence between
smbd and useradd. it would appear that the password file is locked when
"useradd" is run. is this a "bug" in smbd?
thanks, jon

-----Original Message-----
From: samba-bounces+jonhp=charter.net at lists.samba.org
[mailto:samba-bounces+jonhp=charter.net at lists.samba.org]On Behalf Of Jon
H. Peterson
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 11:14 PM
To: samba at lists.samba.org
Subject: [Samba] samba as a pdc problems


hi,

so you know, I am new to samba and Linux.
opensuse 10.1; samba 3.0.22; windows xp/sp2 client
Running: smbd, nmbd, dns server;
NOT running: winbindd; ldap
"Digitally encrypt or sign secure channel data (always)" is Disabled in xp.

what works:
-browsing & editing files on the Linux server from xp client
-joining the domain (home.local) from xp
-starting the win2k version of usrmgr.exe on xp
-(note: the win2003 version of usrmgr.exe does NOT work at all)
-all functions/networking tests given in "Using Samba", 3rd Ed., O'Reilly.
-swat on linux server

problems:

1 - cannot log on to winxp with domain set to home.local
"...domain home.local is not available"
this message is almost instantaneous after clicking OK on the "Log On to
Windows" dialog.
I left this one in because it might help someone to know the answer: I set
ntlmv2 on in smb.conf
and the logon when just fine--wow this has taken forever to figure out.

2 - when using the user manager, usrmgr.exe the following occurs:

a - can display user properties with no problem. when trying to change the
"Description" field
of a user, windows said "Access Denied". At the same time the log.smbd
showed "...Unable to
open/create TDB passwd". this sounds like a permissions problem for smbd, so
I changed the permissions on passdb.tdb to -rwxrwx-. Tried it again and the
problem changes to "Group name could not be found". It appears, however,
that the "Description" field change was completed successfully (via
pdbedit -L -v).

b - when trying to add a new user:
Windows error: "The user name could not be found". The log file showed:
[2007/11/20 17:33:20, 0] rpc_server/srv_samr_nt.c:_samr_create_user(2415)
_samr_create_user: Running the command `/usr/sbin/useradd -m 'akop'' gave 5
This looks like another permissions problem with smbd as running this
command by hand when signed on as root works just fine.

I can post anything appropriate: logs, configs, etc. just didn't want to
post unnecessary noise to the list.

Any help or ideas would be most appreciated.
Thanks, Jon


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