[Samba] Machine-level shares on Windows server

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

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Jeremy Evans wrote:

> I realise that. I *did* give a 2nd example in my original post:
> 
> $sudo smbclient -P -L //sbs
> ERROR: Unable to fetch machine password
> 
> 
> "net ads testjoin" returns an OK result at my end & the PDC shows the
> machine as joined to the domain at the other.
> 
> What I don't seem to be able to find out is just how the Windows PDC &
> Samba interact to ensure that the Samba machine is a [trusted?] member
> of the domain & therefore how to use that fact to allow machine-level
> shares without having to perform a user-level login. 

In that case, did you join the domain?  Unless, this is just a bug,
that seems the obvious explanation.




cheers, jerry
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