[Samba] Problem joining XP SP2 Machines to the domain

[Marshall Buschman]

Dale:

Correct. I've implemented this option on all of the relevant subnets.
I'm doing something like this:
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option                          netbios-name-servers 1.2.3.4, 1.3.3.7;
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Where 1.2.3.4 is the old windows 2000 DC that we're migrating away from, and
1.3.3.7 is the samba PDC.

I tested this, and found it to work appropriately under Windows 2000
clients, but not Windows XP clients.

I've even statically assigned an XP client an IP and WINS server, and it
still does not work consistently.

I still get the following error most of the time:

The following error occurred attempting to join the domain "FOO":
Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password.

Windows 2000 clients function perfectly.

Any ideas? Especially why only the XP clients have an issue?

-Marshall


On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 8:43 AM, Dale Schroeder <
dale at briannassaladdressing.com> wrote:

> Marshall,
>
> Since you have many clients, I'm guessing you have a dhcp server running.
>  If so, do you have a netbios nameserver option enabled in the dhcp config?
> In ISC's dhcp3 server it is "option netbios-name-servers
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx;"
>
> Of course, on clients with static ip's, wins config must be done manually,
> and IIRC, the options changed somewhat in XP.  The default is to get netbios
> info from the dhcp server.
>
> Good luck,
> Dale
>
>
>
>
> Marshall Buschman wrote:
>
>> Hey All:
>>
>> I've got a working samba/ldap domain with a PDC in a datacenter and a BDC
>> in
>> my local office.
>>
>> I'm not able to reliably join a windows XP Pro machine to the domain by
>> specifying the PDC as a wins server.
>>
>> I get the following error 90% of the time or more, with no discernible
>> patterns or errors in any logs:
>> ---------------------------------
>> The following error occurred attempting to join the domain "FOO":
>> Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password.
>> ---------------------------------
>>
>> Windows 2000 machines join the domain 100% of the time.
>>
>> Adding a line to the lmhosts file like this:
>> ---------------------------
>> 1.2.3.4       foopdc     #PRE #DOM:FOO #net group's DC
>> ---------------------------
>> Causes the XP machine to be able to join the domain 100% of the time.
>>
>> I have many clients, and adding this file to the lmhosts file everywhere
>> isn't feasible.
>>
>> The real question is - why doesn't WINS work?
>> I can run net view and see all the machines..
>>
>> I'd really appreciate any help you guys can provide.
>>
>> -Marshall
>>
>>
>