[Samba] Not able to display domain users using wbinfo

[Avinash Rao]

Hi guys,

Sorry for creating a chain of emails. After reading the man page, i
realized that wbinfo -t is to verify

On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Avinash Rao<avinash.aol at gmail.com> wrote:
> Also, I have entered the following in smb.conf file
>
> winbind uid = 10000-20000
> winbind gid = 10000-20000
> winbind use default domain = yes
>
> Restarted Samba and i checked wbinfo.
>
> wbinfo -t
> checking the trust secret via RPC calls failed
> error code was NT_STATUS_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_NOT_FOUND (0xc0000233)
>
> Can anyone help
> Avinash
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 11:07 AM, Avinash Rao <avinash.aol at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am using Ubuntu 8.04 Server 64-bit Edition and i have installed
>> samba as a PDC. Samba version is 3.0.28a and all the required OS
>> updates are installed.
>> smb.conf
>>
>> [global]
>>
>>    workgroup = abc
>>    server string = Samba for abc
>>    log level = 1
>>    interfaces = eth0
>>    bind interfaces only = True
>>
>>    log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
>>    max log size = 1000
>>
>>    domain logons = yes
>>    os level = 65
>>    prefered master = yes
>>    domain master = yes
>>    local master = yes
>>
>>    add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -s /bin/false -d /home/nobody %u
>>    dns proxy =No
>>    hosts allow = 127. 10.10.10.
>>    wins support = Yes
>>    passdb backend = tdbsam
>>
>>    encrypt passwords = true
>>    ;smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
>>    security = user
>>    netbios name = human
>>    ;username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
>>
>> [homes]
>>    comment = Home Dir
>>    read only = NO
>>    browseable = NO
>>    valid users = %S
>>    path = %H
>>    directory mask = 0700
>>    create mask = 0700
>>
>> [share]
>>    comment = Common Share
>>    path = /export
>>    create mask = 0765
>>    read only = NO
>>
>> I am not able to list the domain users using wbinfo command.
>>
>> avi at human:~$ wbinfo -u
>> Error looking up domain users
>>
>> avi at human:~$ wbinfo -g
>> Error looking up domain groups
>>
>> avi at human:~$ wbinfo --ping
>> Ping to winbindd succeeded on fd 3
>>
>> How do i make this work? Winbindd was installed when i installed samba
>> using the apt-get command and its running? Samba is working without
>> any problems, even if i stop winbindd process, samba works. What
>> exactly is the use of winbind and when do we use it?
>>
>> Many Thanks
>> Avinash
>