[Samba] Windows 7 and a Samba PDC?

[Berni Elbourn]

Berni Elbourn wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I would be extremely grateful if you could cast your eye over my problem 
> with getting Windows 7 PC back onto on a Samba domain?
> 
> I have the current version from lenny-backports: 2:3.4.8~dfsg-2~bpo50+1, 
> the client is windows 7 Ultimate. logins and profiles and nelogon 
> scripts all seemed to work back in Feb 2010 using the instructions here:
> 
> http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Windows7
> 
> However this week it seems the machine trust is now broken. Removing and 
> re-adding the windows 7 client to the domain claims to succeed on the 
> windows side but this error is logged in log.smbd:

<snip>

Setting log level 2 gives:

[2010/09/10 18:02:41,  2] rpc_server/srv_samr_nt.c:4118(_samr_LookupDomain)
   Returning domain sid for domain ECS -> 
S-1-5-21-1400426869-3020193132-3326178760
[2010/09/10 18:02:42,  2] 
libsmb/credentials.c:223(netlogon_creds_server_check)
   netlogon_creds_server_check: credentials check failed.
[2010/09/10 18:02:42,  0] 
rpc_server/srv_netlog_nt.c:603(_netr_ServerAuthenticate3)
   _netr_ServerAuthenticate3: netlogon_creds_server_check failed. 
Rejecting auth request from client W7 machine account W7$
[2010/09/10 18:02:49,  2] auth/auth.c:320(check_ntlm_password)
   check_ntlm_password:  Authentication for user [W7] -> [W7] FAILED 
with error NT_STATUS_NO_SUCH_USER

Is that last line significant?

Berni