[Samba] Net Join Problem

[Adam Williams]

did you delete and recreate the machine account so the new server can 
use it for when it joins?

Robert Mortimer wrote:
> I am having difficulty joining my new samba server to my domain.
>
> I am replacing an old member server. I am using the same config file with a
> new netbios name
>
> I try 'net rpc join -S my-pdc -W my-domain -U root' and get the following
>
> utils/net_rpc_join.c:net_rpc_join_newstyle(304)
> error setting trust account password: NT code 0x1c010002
> Unable to join domain my-domain.
>
> I can dynamically join windows machines to my domain.
> The net join creates a partial machine account in my LDAP server.
> The samba deamons are off
>
> Apart from installing the RPMs and updating smb.conf is there anything else
> I need to do before I run net join?
>
> NB I have also had the same results downloading Samba 3.0.28 running the rpm
> creation script and installing the RPM
>
> Although I can find references to this problem on the Internet I have not
> found a cause yet!
>
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