[Samba] Can't find machine account

[Rowland penny]

On 17/07/2019 18:23, Robert A Wooldridge via samba wrote:
> I'm trying to join as a DC using Debian Buster and samba package 
> (v4.9.5) and I'm getting this error when I attempt to join:
>
>> Could not find machine account in secrets database: Failed to fetch 
>> machine account password for DOM from both secrets.ldb (Could not 
>> find entry to match filter: 
>> '(&(flatname=DOM)(objectclass=primaryDomain))' base: 'cn=Primary 
>> Domains': No such object: dsdb_search at 
>> ../source4/dsdb/common/util.c:4705) and from 
>> /var/lib/samba/private/secrets.tdb: NT_STATUS_CANT_ACCESS_DOMAIN_INFO
>
> Any ideas on what to do?
>
Not from what you have posted ;-)

What are you trying to join to ?

Have you removed any existing smb.conf file ?

Can you post the contents of the following files:

/etc/hostname

/etc/hosts

/etc/resolv.conf

/etc/krb5.conf

Rowland