Did you add your linux machine into the WindowsNT PDC?
I belive it's in Server manager into Administration menus. Yannick > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Michael Rasmussen > Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 11:15 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: IT Server Group > Subject: [Samba] problem joining the domain > > > We've encountered a problem with getting a newly installed Samba based > machine to join the domain. > > Here's the command line and error response: > > [root@chain samba]# smbpasswd -j COLUMBIA -r cmc-bkup -U murphyn > Password: > error creating domain user: NT_STATUS_INVALID_DOMAIN_ROLE > Unable to join domain COLUMBIA. > [root@chain samba]# > > Installation is a RedHat 7.2 (from KRUD) box with freshly installed Samba > RPMs version 2.2.3a-6. smb.conf was created by a cut and paste from a > working installation on another box on our network, changing the > server name > and share paths as necessary. > > murphyn is a domain admin for COLUMBIA, the PDC (cmc-bkup) and the BDC are > NT4 boxes. > > As the Linux guy I don't know what this error message means. The > NT admins > are at a loss to explain the problem. > > Curiosities: > > I've used the same software version to add a box to our domain > Essentially the same config is used on the working and non-working > boxes, so I'm puzzled about what configuration issue could be > causing this. > > Bottom Line Question: > > do you know what causes this error and how I can resolve this issue and > have the machine chain join the COLUMBIA domain? > > Where did I miss whatever it is in the documentation? > > -- > Michael Rasmussen - Network Engineer, Columbia Management > voice: 971-925-6723 cell: 503-807-1447 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.columbiafunds.com > > NOTICE: This communication may contain confidential or other > privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, > or believe that you have received this communication in error, > please do not print, copy, retransmit, disseminate, or otherwise > use the information. Also, please indicate to the sender that > you have received this email in error, and delete the copy you > received. Any communication that does not relate to official > Columbia business is that of the sender and is neither given nor > endorsed by Columbia. Thank you. > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
