[Samba] Domain Member Server Problem

[John Drescher]

On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 1:38 PM, Robert Steinmetz <rob at steinmetznet.com> wrote:
> We have a Windows Domain NT. We are setting up four samba Servers, two new
> and 2 legacy servers.
>
> The new server are  Ubuntu AMD64 Linux with Samba 3.0.22 One of these is the
> PDC. The legacy Servers are Solaris 8 running Samba 3.0.24. We are using
> winbindd and local tdb files on the PDC for authentication. We plan to
> migrate to LDAP latter. I have used SWAT to configure each server.
>
> I have the PDC up and running, apparently working fine but each of the
> member servers is behaving differently and a little oddly.
>
> I have a couple of simple questions first;
>
>   1) Should winbindd be running on the PDC?
>
No
>
>   2) Should the member server have "Domain Login" set to "no"?
>
Yes
>
>   3) Is there an easy way for SWAT to show the Server name at the top of
> each page? I sometimes get confused.
>
Never used swat so I do not know.
>
> My current problem server the second Linux Member Server.
>
>   1) It is currently not showing up in client browse lists

Is nmbd running on all samba machines?

>and asking for a
> username and password and rejecting all of them.
>
Do you have password server=<ipaddressofpdc> on the domain member servers?

>
>   2) "wdinfo -u" returns a list of Domain Users, "wdinfo -t" succeeds but
> "wdinfo -g" fails. "getent passwd" and "getent group" return lists of local
> groups and passwords on the Member Server. "enumerate users" and "enumerate
> groups" are set to yes on the PCD and the Server.
>
John