[Samba] Centos samba-3x / samba-3.6.6 - win7 will not join domain
Thomas Simmons
twsnnva at gmail.com
Sun Feb 17 16:47:36 MST 2013
Have you made the necessary registry changes on the Win7 workstation (see
link)? If properly configured, Win7 works perfectly fine with current
versions of Samba 3.
https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Windows7
On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 3:40 PM, peter lawrie <
peter.lawrie at glendiscovery.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi
> Some advice needed on samba-3.6.6 for win7
> Since getting my win7 ultimate pc, I've only used my centos server with
> samba for a workgroup connection. Previously I had an XP client on this
> domain.
>
> I've updated today (17 feb 2013) to the latest centos5.9 (Linux
> 2.6.18-348.1.1.el5.centos.plus on i686) which includes samba3x with
> samba-3.6.600.129_el5
> passdb backend has to be tdbsam now for win7, not smbpasswd
> I've tried repeatedly to join the domain without success.
> My win7 ultimate machine supposedly has the ability to join a domain
> Provided I ensure that nmbd as well as smbd is running, it gives the
> username and password login form and then
>
> The following error occurred attempting to join the domain glendisc
> The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted
>
> Since getting the win7 PC I have been connecting to workgroup
> 'glendiscovery' by the server IP address, so it has not previously been on
> the domain.
> I deliberately changed the name to glendisc to avoid possible issues.
> I can still connect to my workgroup shares
> I noted that the samba user root had disappeared so I added new user 'root'
> and 'plawrie' and enabled them in swat password.
> That's presumably for the tdbsam database, instead of smbpasswd
> Still no difference.
>
> I have several customers who have introduced win7 machines, so I will have
> to get this working before I try it on their business networks.
>
> For reference here is my smb.conf
>
> [root at centos55 ~]# cat /etc/samba/smb.conf | more
> # Samba config file created using SWAT
> # from UNKNOWN (0.0.0.0)
> # Date: 2013/02/17 19:56:06
>
> [global]
> workgroup = GLENDISC
> server string = Samba Server Version %v
> obey pam restrictions = Yes
> pam password change = Yes
> passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
> unix password sync = Yes
> log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
> max log size = 50
> time server = Yes
> socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_SNDBUF=8192
> SO_RCVBUF=8192
> printcap name = cups
> logon script = scripts\%U.bat
> logon path =
> logon drive = z:
> domain logons = Yes
> os level = 64
> domain master = Yes
> idmap config * : range =
> idmap config * : backend = tdb
> cups options = raw
>
> [printers]
> comment = All Printers
> path = /var/spool/samba
> printable = Yes
> print ok = Yes
> browseable = No
>
> [company]
> comment = company share
> path = /datastore/company
> valid users = @adm, @users
> force group = users
> read only = No
> create mask = 0775
> force create mode = 0775
> directory mask = 0775
> force directory mode = 0775
> inherit permissions = Yes
> use sendfile = Yes
>
> [netlogon]
> comment = netlogon
> path = /datastore/netlogon
> valid users = @adm, @users
> read only = No
>
> [homes]
> writeable = yes
> path = /home/plawrie
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