[Samba] Re: Unable to Join Domain

[Greg Koch]

I just wanted to let everyone that helped me with this issue know that I
solved it.  I used the root user to add the systems to the domain, and it
worked perfectly!  Apparently the user I was using wasn't allowed to add
domain machines...

Thanks for all your help though!



On Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:26:05 -0600, Greg Koch <greg at ekingme.com> wrote:
> I recently setup a new server with CentOS 5.2.  Everything works great on
> the server except when I try to join the domain it simply tells me:
> 
>     "The following error occurred attempting to join the domain "Domain":
> 
>     The user name could not be found.
> 
> I have researched this error and attempted a number of fixes but have
been
> unable to resolve the issue.  I am able to connect to the server with the
> user name and password that I am using to join the domain (I know that
> isn't the user name its really talking about) and browse (read/write) the
> network shares.  I have read the last entry in the log pertaining to the
> domain join request, and it is telling me that useradd could not write to
> the password file...  Anyone have an idea of what is causing this?  Below
> is the error and my smb.conf.  I created the smb.conf from a guide at
>
http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/Deployment_Guide-en-US/s1-samba-servers.html
> and added some settings based on previous servers.
> 
> 
> smbd.log
> [2008/09/01 22:07:44, 0]
> passdb/pdb_interface.c:pdb_default_create_user(329)
>   _samr_create_user: Running the command `/usr/sbin/useradd -s /bin/false
> -d /dev/null -g machines sy01$' gave 1
> 
> 
> smb.conf
> [global]
>         workgroup = NMTWeb
>         netbios name = devserver
>         time server = yes
>         security = user
>         add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -m %u
>         delete user script = /usr/sbin/userdel -r %u
>         add group script = /usr/sbin/groupadd %g
>         delete group script = /usr/sbin/groupdel %g
>         add user to group script = /usr/sbin/usermod -G %g %u
>         add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -s /bin/false -d /dev/null
> -g machines %u
>         logon drive = U:
>         domain logons = Yes
>         oslevel = 35
>         preferred master = Yes
>         domain master = Yes
>         local master =yes
>         domain logons = yes
>         printing = cups
>         load printers = yes
>         hide unreadable = yes
>         map to guest = Never
>         hide dot files = yes
>         wins support = yes
>         server string = devserver
>         logon path = \\%L\%U\windowsprofile
>         bind interfaces only = yes
> 
> [homes]
>         comment = Home Directories
>         valid users = %S
>         read only = No
> [netlogon]
>         comment = Network Logon Service
>         path = /var/lib/samba/netlogon
>         guest ok = no
>         browseable = No
>         read only = Yes
> 
> [Public]
>         comment = Public Document Share
>         writeable = yes
>         path = /home/public
>         force directory mode = 777
>         force group = users
>         force create mode = 777
>         force user = root
>         valid users = @users
>         create mode = 777
>         directory mode = 777
> 
> [www]
>         Comment = Development Website Directory
>         writeable = yes
>         path = /www
>         force directory mode = 777
>         force group = users
>         force create mode = 777
>         force user = root
>         valid users = @users
>         create mode = 777
>         directory mode = 777