I am assuming that you edited the /etc/passwd file via vi or another text editor? If this is the case, appending a $ to the machine account will not work under FreeBSD. Instead as root type vipw and then append the $ to the machine account. I have done this and it works under FreeBSD.
Jeff Meyer "Long-Sheng Kuo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hello! > I am running samba-2.2.7a under FreeBSD 4.7. I tried to run Samba > server as a PDC. However, I couldn't append the character "$" to the > machine account. > > According to Samba-PDC-HOWTO.html in swat, I edited the /etc/passwd and > added $ in my machine account manually. But still no use. > > It seems that my PDC is ok because it can authenticate the user from > Window ME machines. > > Could anyone help me out? Thanks > > Long-Sheng Jan. 7, 03 > > -- > 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
