[Samba] RPC Server is unavailable . . .

[Rowland Penny]

On 14/02/15 09:53, Steve Ankeny wrote:
> Ubuntu 14.04, Samba 4.1.6
>
> I'm having trouble connecting Windows clients to the domain.
>
> "The following error occurred attempting to join the domain "smbdomain":
>
> The RPC server is unavailable."
>
> When you attempt to join the domain, it finds it by name immediately 
> and asks for username/password, after which it gives the error above.  
> I haven't found documentation on the RPC Server in Samba.
>
> Is that an entry in the 'smb.conf'?  I see text about allowing "domain 
> logons" and use of the "SAMR RPC pipe"  I have the requisite entries 
> in 'smb.conf' for 'netlogon' share but not the calls to allow the 
> scripts to run.
>
>
> [netlogon]
>     path = /var/lib/samba/sysvol/smbdomain.com/scripts
>     read only = No
>
> [sysvol]
>     path = /var/lib/samba/sysvol
>     read only = No
>
> I don't have "add user script" or "add machine script" in the 
> 'smb.conf'  Is it as simple as that?
>
> Any suggestions?  Thanks.
>
No, it is not that simple, forget the old add XXX scripts, they have no 
place in an active directory domain.

How are your windows getting their ip info and do they point to the DC 
as their nameserver ?

Rowland