On Tue, 2009-06-02 at 16:15 -0500, Mike Eggleston wrote: > On Tue, 02 Jun 2009, Robert Ludvik might have said: > > > Robert Ludvik pravi: > > >Hi > > >I have a problem with Windows Server Ent (and Std) 2008 x64 running on > > >IBM Blade Center. I can add it to the Samba domain but when I restart > > >it, it comes to "Applying computer settings..." and if I connect with > > >rdesktop I can see a screen saying "Please wait for the group policy > > >client" and after some minutes it restarts. I can boot it in Safe > > >mode, remove from domain and it will start with no problem. > > >I have no issues with Server 2008 Ent 32 bit running on PC. > > >Any ideas where can I look for help? I installed all updates and SP2 ... > > >Regards > > >Robert Ludvik > > > > > > > Don't expect something spectacular ;-) > > When you successfully add your 64-bit server to your existing domain, > > UNPLUG the network cable before you restart it. Wait until you get logon > > screen, plug the network cable back and login with your domain account. > > Has to do something with server wants to talk to PDC when it starts up > > for the first time after it's joined to domain to exchange some security > > info (or something, I don't care :-) > > Enjoy > > Robert Ludvik > > I have a similar problem with windows server 2008 standard 64 bit. I > downgraded to windows server 2003 and the box works fine. Dell tech > support tells me that 2008 is 'too new' and will not work with the NT4 > PDC that samba provides and that windows server 2003 support fixes from > microsoft will stop this year, so (dell says) I need to prepare and plan > to get rid of my samba pdc.
You will be able to use a samba PDC even with Windows 7 although it may be required to change some registry setting, so I wouldn't say you really have to dump it for now. Simo. -- Simo Sorce Samba Team GPL Compliance Officer <[email protected]> Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat, Inc. <[email protected]> -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
