[Samba] Issue Joining Win7 to Samba Domain ( tried wiki instructions)

[David Southwell]

> Linda Walsh wrote:
> >Moray Henderson wrote:
> >> Something to do with the name of the machine?
> >
> >---
> >	SMB server name is 'ishtar', Domain 'Bliss' (Ha!, wishful
> 
> thinking...
> 
> >it's a goal!)), and Win7 client is 'athenae'. All are in DNS domain
> >'sc.tlinx.org'
> >(an internal domain name).  Theoretically straightforward.
> 
> <snip>
> 
> >---my smb.conf is below:
> >
> >[global]
> >	acl group control = yes
> >	add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -m %u
> >	add group script = /usr/sbin/groupadd %g
> >	add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -g machines -c Machine -d
> >/dev/null -s /bin/false %u
> >	#aio read size = 65536
> >	#aio write size = 65536
> >	bind interfaces only = Yes
> >	block size = 4096
> >	browseable = Yes
> >	create mask = 3755
> >	delete user script = /usr/sbin/userdel %u
> >	delete group script = /usr/sbin/groupdel %g
> >	display charset = UTF8
> >	dns proxy = yes
> >	domain logons = Yes
> >	domain master = Yes
> >	ea support = yes
> >	enable asu support = yes
> >	guest account = guest
> >	guest ok = Yes
> >	#include	= /etc/samba/dhcp.conf
> >	interfaces = 127.0.0.1/32 192.168.3.0/24
> >	log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
> >	log level = 2
> >	logon home = \\%D\%U
> >	logon path = \\%D\%U
> >	# unused; relative to netlogon(w9x) logon script =
> 
> scripts\%U.bat
> 
> >	map acl inherit = yes
> >	max log size = 4096
> >#	max xmit = 66576
> >#	min receivefile size = 65536
> >	name resolve order = wins lmhosts host
> >	netbios aliases = web-proxy clock socks-proxy Bliss
> >	#netbios name = Bliss
> >	os level = 65
> >	passdb backend = tdbsam:/etc/samba/.internals/passwd.tdb
> >	passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd '%u'
> >	printing = bsd
> >	read only = No
> >	recycle: keeptree = true
> >	set primary group script = /usr/sbin/usermod -g '%g' '%u'
> >	server signing = auto
> >	server string = Ishtar
> >	security = user
> >	show add printer wizard = no
> >	smb ports = 139
> >	time server = Yes
> >	unix password sync = yes
> >	use sendfile = true
> >	recycle: keeptree=true
> >	username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
> >	wins support = Yes
> >	workgroup = Bliss
> 
> The server string is Ishtar, but that is not the server name; you need
> to set "netbios name" for that.  Your domain is Bliss, but you also have
> a netbios alias for Bliss; could that be confusing something?  My setup
> has "server signing = No", and I don't know the recycle option.
> 
> Do you see anything useful in /var/log/samba/log.smbd or log.athenae if
> you bump up the debug level?  Could something have changed on your
> server between the successful join a few weeks ago and the attempt to
> rejoin after reinstalling?  Do you have other Win7 clients that do work?
> Could there be another server on your network intercepting domain
> requests?  From Linux,
> 
> nmblookup "BLISS#1C"
> 
> should list the IP address of the Domain Controllers of Bliss.
> 
> You said you had used Wireshark; have you also tried tcpdump at the
> server end?  Win XP had a command line utility called nbtstat; does Win7
> still have it?  If so, try something like
> 
> nbtstat -a Ishtar
> nbtstat -c
> 
> and see if it gives you what you expect.  Ishtar should have something
> like this:
> 
>            NetBIOS Remote Machine Name Table
> 
>        Name               Type         Status
>     ---------------------------------------------
>     ISHTAR         <00>  UNIQUE      Registered
>     ISHTAR         <03>  UNIQUE      Registered
>     ISHTAR         <20>  UNIQUE      Registered
>     ..__MSBROWSE__.<01>  GROUP       Registered
>     BLISS          <1D>  UNIQUE      Registered
>     BLISS          <1B>  UNIQUE      Registered
>     BLISS          <1C>  GROUP       Registered
>     BLISS          <1E>  GROUP       Registered
>     BLISS          <00>  GROUP       Registered
> 
> (See http://www.windowsnetworking.com/nt/atips/atips316.shtml for an
> explanation of the service codes.)
> 
> 
> Moray.
> "To err is human.  To purr, feline"
> 
Just want to ask the obvious questions as I did not see it mentioned.. what 
version of Windows 7 is the client machine?

David