[Samba] Rename Computer In Samba Domain: Access Is Denied

[Nick Pappin]

On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 5:04 PM, m <maglyx at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am pulling my hair out trying to figure out why trying to rename my
> computer joined to a Samba domain (version 3.2.3) keeps failing with
> "Access is Denied". In searching I found references to people with the
> same problem where the answer was to set the "rename user script"
> option in smb.conf, but I have done that (not forgetting to restart
> Samba) and there is no difference, still the same error.
>
> My account permissions are set (making my account a member of a group
> mapped to the Administrators group, as well as individually
> individually granting  SeMachineAccountPrivilege and
> SeAddUsersPrivilege). I added the same machine to the domain through
> the Windows GUI and I can successfully issue a rename from the Samba
> server-side, as in
>  $ net rpc user rename fog$ hog$
>  Enter m's password:
>  Renamed user from fog$ to hog$
> but attempting via the Windows GUI, System Properties|Computer
> Name|Change... keeps failing with the "Access Is Denied" message box.
>
> Any clue what else could be missing or how to diagnose. I tried "log
> level = 3" but found the output to be virtually indecipherable, no
> obvious way to correlate any output with the rename operation in
> question.
>
> To be sure, my rename user scipt line is
>  rename user script = /usr/sbin/usermod --login='%unew' '%uold'
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Are you still having the problem? If so can you try to do a rename from My
Computer -> Properties and pastebin the /var/log/samba/log.smbd file for the
five minutes around when you do it. And can you pastebin your smb.conf.

Nick