[Samba] W2k clients wont' join samba domain

[rgx at gmx.de]

On 19 Nov 2002 at 16:06, Josep Blanes wrote:

> Hi Ralf,
> 
> Do you have wins support active on your samba?

Yes, I have.

> Are your clients configured with the WINS Server address being the one 
> of your samba server?

This is the server's IP, isn't it? And sometimes there is to add the domain 
suffix, like intranet.org, right?
> 
> Here are a subgroup of my smb.conf file regarding to what could be 
> important:

thanks, I will check once again...
> 
> [global]
> security = user
> encrypt passwords = yes
> local master = yes
> os level = 64
> domain master = yes
> preferred master = yes
> domain logons = yes
> logon path = \\server\profiles\%U
> logon drive = U:
> logon script = scripts\%U.cmd
> wins support = yes
> dns proxy = no
> domain admin group = root @ntadmin

mh, as for this I think there is only root and service here...

> add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g machines -s 
> /bin/false -M %u

the next line seems interesting for internationalisation ;)

> passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *new*password* %n\n *successfully*
> unix password sync = yes
> 
> 
> You have to create two groups on your samba machine: "ntadmin" and 
> "machines"
> The password chat is important, too.

As for the latter lines, I didn't hear of that so far! Maybe this is a 
valuable hint!
> 
> I have this configuration on a samba 2.2.6 server and have over 150 
> W2000 Pro machines attached to the domain with no problems.

In this case you wouldn't mind sending me .7 % of your clients over? - Just 
kidding ;)
> 
> 
> Hope this helps.

So do I - thanks anyway, your reply was really fast plus comprehensive!
> 
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