CARTER is the name of the linux Samba server that is the PDC. According to my documentation, I am suppsoed to do the following.
1) Create the Unix account: /usr/sbin/useradd -c 'Samba PDC for CHERRY_HILL' -M -s /dev/null CARTER$ 2) Add a machine account smbpasswd -a -m CARTER 3) Add it to the domain (which it is the PDC of) smbpasswd -j CHERRY_HILL I am NOT adding an XP machine in at this time. I am setting up the PDC. So yes, I DO know what the -j option is for. Adam Lang Systems Engineer Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company http://www.rutgersinsurance.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Benedetto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Adam Lang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 10:51 AM Subject: Re: [Samba] Samba as a NT PDC > --On Thursday, October 17, 2002 10:21 AM -0400 Adam Lang > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have started to modify to allow for the new XP machines we are having. > > > > I added CARTER$ (machine name) to the unix account. > > > > I added it with smbpasswd. > > > > I go to add itself to the domain (smbpasswd -j CHERRY_HILL) and I get this > > error: > > No password server list given in smb.conf - unable to join domain. > > > > Now it says password server should not point to itself in TFM. I tried > > lookign through the archives and didn't find anything. I am not sure what > > direction to go from here. > > > > Adam Lang > > Uh.... *why* are you executing the -j option in smbpasswd? Here is the > first paragraph from that section of 'man smbpasswd': > " -j DOMAIN > This option is used to add a Samba server into a Windows NT Domain, as > a Domain member capable of authenticating user accounts to any Domain > Controller in the same way as a Windows NT Server. See the > security=domain option in the smb.conf (5) man page." > > According to your message, you are not trying to add your Samba server to > an existing Windows domain, you are trying to add a Windows XP machine to > your existing Samba domain. > > And, when you say: > > I added it with smbpasswd. > > *HOW* did you add it? You would need to add the machine account, right? > That would be with "smbpasswd -a -m CARTER". Is that how you did it? > > If so, at this point, you now go the XP machine, and change the network > config there to have it join your Samba domain. > > >From traffic on the list, it also appears that you would need to run the > SIGNORSEAL registry key/setting/whatever (I am not yet running XP that I > have had to add to my Samba domain). > > - john -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
