[Samba] XP Pro client perm issues after joining samba domain

[Chris Nighswonger]

No takers?


On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Chris Nighswonger <
cnighswonger at foundations.edu> wrote:

> Samba: 3.6.6 PDC
> Client: XP Pro SP3
>
> Background:
>
> 1. Started with a clean installation of XP Pro SP3
> 2. Joined the client to the samba domain
> 3. Logged in as user 'root' the first time after the join.
> 4. Added "Domain Users" group to the "Local Admin" group on the client
> (forget about the security implications for the moment)
>
> Now when a user (any user) logs on to the client and attempt to open
> Internet Explorer 8, Explorer promptly crashes.
>
> If the local administrator is logged into the client, Explorer works as
> expected.
>
> Everything else works fine for all users including both local resources
> and domain resources.
>
> This is happening on eight clients, all with clean installations of the OS.
>
> I'm suspecting this is a hidden permissions problem, but am really at a
> loss for where to start looking or debugging.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Kind Regards,
> Chris
>
>