On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Mike Brady <[email protected]> wrote: > Quoting Jon Detert <[email protected]>: > >> Hello, >> >> I can't join a winxp box to my samba domain. I just have one samba >> server, meant to act as a PDC for domain='CHI'. >> Any ideas how to troubleshoot and/or remedy? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Jon >> >> Context: >> ------------ >> samba v3.3.8 on CentOS v5.5, using ldapsam backend. Domainname ='CHI'. >> smbldap-tools v0.9.6. >> I 'populated' the ldap with 'smbldap-populate'. >> >> I try to join the winxp box, authenticating to the domain as user >> 'jdetert', which is a member of the 'Administrators' group: >> # smbldap-groupshow Administrators >> dn: cn=Administrators,ou=Groups,dc=infinityhealthcare,dc=com >> objectClass: top,posixGroup,sambaGroupMapping >> gidNumber: 544 >> cn: Administrators >> description: Netbios Domain Members can fully administer the >> computer/sambaDomainName >> sambaSID: S-1-5-32-544 >> sambaGroupType: 5 >> displayName: Administrators >> memberUid: jdetert,root >> >> What happens: >> ---------------------- >> a failure dialog window pops up on the winxp box with this message: >> 'The following error occurred attempting to join the domain "CHI": >> The user name could not be found.'
-- snip -- > I am working through a similar setup at the moment. > > Looking at the smbldap-useradd source, status 9 is "user must not exist in > LDAP", so I assume from that that the workstation userid already exists? Turns out you are correct. So, I deleted the 'user'="testfsclient$" from the ou=Computers, and retried, but it failed with the same error, and it re-created the user object. Any ideas how/why joining the domain is not fully working? Thanks, Jon -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
