[Samba] Re: Unable to change Windows password on Samba BDC

Matt Anderson sokkerstud_11 at hotmail.com
Thu May 1 21:15:01 GMT 2008


Matt Anderson <sokkerstud_11 <at> hotmail.com> writes:

> However, users located in the branch offices (where the BDCs are located), they
> have no trouble authenticating (via logging into windows and accessing shares)
> BUT are unable to change their password through the Windows interface, getting
> the error that "The system cannot change your password now because the domain
> <name> is not available".  All clients are Windows XP with SP2 installed.

Okay, so I figured out why it wasn't working.  I needed to add the IP address of
the PDC to the WINS tab in the user's TCP/IP connection settings for it to be
able to resolve the Primary domain controller to change the password (at least,
that's what I'm assuming the problem was).  Once I added the PDC's IP address to
the WINS tab I could change passwords no problem.

However, we currently assign all IP addresses manually (no DHCP server).  Is
there any way (I'm guessing not) I can accomplish this without having to
physically change the network connection settings on hundreds of client PCs
manually?  On a side note, I tried adding the BDC's IP address to the WINS tab
first and was unsuccessful... which I think is expected.

Again, any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks!

-Matt





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