Have you made the necessary registry changes on the Win7 workstation (see link)? If properly configured, Win7 works perfectly fine with current versions of Samba 3.
https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Windows7 On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 3:40 PM, peter lawrie < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi > Some advice needed on samba-3.6.6 for win7 > Since getting my win7 ultimate pc, I've only used my centos server with > samba for a workgroup connection. Previously I had an XP client on this > domain. > > I've updated today (17 feb 2013) to the latest centos5.9 (Linux > 2.6.18-348.1.1.el5.centos.plus on i686) which includes samba3x with > samba-3.6.600.129_el5 > passdb backend has to be tdbsam now for win7, not smbpasswd > I've tried repeatedly to join the domain without success. > My win7 ultimate machine supposedly has the ability to join a domain > Provided I ensure that nmbd as well as smbd is running, it gives the > username and password login form and then > > The following error occurred attempting to join the domain glendisc > The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted > > Since getting the win7 PC I have been connecting to workgroup > 'glendiscovery' by the server IP address, so it has not previously been on > the domain. > I deliberately changed the name to glendisc to avoid possible issues. > I can still connect to my workgroup shares > I noted that the samba user root had disappeared so I added new user 'root' > and 'plawrie' and enabled them in swat password. > That's presumably for the tdbsam database, instead of smbpasswd > Still no difference. > > I have several customers who have introduced win7 machines, so I will have > to get this working before I try it on their business networks. > > For reference here is my smb.conf > > [root@centos55 ~]# cat /etc/samba/smb.conf | more > # Samba config file created using SWAT > # from UNKNOWN (0.0.0.0) > # Date: 2013/02/17 19:56:06 > > [global] > workgroup = GLENDISC > server string = Samba Server Version %v > obey pam restrictions = Yes > pam password change = Yes > passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u > unix password sync = Yes > log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log > max log size = 50 > time server = Yes > socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_SNDBUF=8192 > SO_RCVBUF=8192 > printcap name = cups > logon script = scripts\%U.bat > logon path = > logon drive = z: > domain logons = Yes > os level = 64 > domain master = Yes > idmap config * : range = > idmap config * : backend = tdb > cups options = raw > > [printers] > comment = All Printers > path = /var/spool/samba > printable = Yes > print ok = Yes > browseable = No > > [company] > comment = company share > path = /datastore/company > valid users = @adm, @users > force group = users > read only = No > create mask = 0775 > force create mode = 0775 > directory mask = 0775 > force directory mode = 0775 > inherit permissions = Yes > use sendfile = Yes > > [netlogon] > comment = netlogon > path = /datastore/netlogon > valid users = @adm, @users > read only = No > > [homes] > writeable = yes > path = /home/plawrie > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
