what if I changed the machine name, Is there a script there to add a NT/2K machine name(trust account) automatically when loggoing on and delete the old machine name after say a week or so.
Regards, Keith -------- "The linuX Files -- The Source is Out There." -------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pierre Lebrun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 1:56 PM Subject: [Samba] Re: Problem with Samba PDC and WIN2000 > You have to : > UNIX > - add an account for the machine in /etc/passwd ended by a '$' like > 'machine$' > - add this machine account to the smbpasswd file with smbpasswd -am > machine. The '$' is added by the smbpasswd. > W2K WS > - on the desktop: "My Computer/Properties/Network Id./Properties/Member > of" clik on domain and enter the domain name. Enter the root account and > password then you have a welcome message from the PDC > > Warning: > You cannot change the machine name and join the domain in the same > operation. You must 1) change the machine name 2) reboot 3)join the domain. > I experienced troubles (not solved yet) while joining a domain with a > W2K server. > > I hope this can help you. > > Pierre > Santiago Avila wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I just installed a Samba Server as a PDC and my WIN9X machines worked > > just fine, but I can�t join WIN2000 Clients to the domain. > > I created the Trust Account but when a join the domain I get the message. > > "The following error occured attempting to join the domain "TECNICO"" > > Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password > > > > Also, in the /var/log/samba/taller.log I got > > > > [2003/01/29 19:41:23,0] rpc_server/srv_samr.c:api_samr_set_userinfo(672) > > api_samr_set_userinfo: Unable to unmarshall SAMR_Q_SET_USERINFO. > > [2003/01/29 19:41:23, 0] passdb/smbpass.c:startsmbfilepwent_internal(87) > > startsmbfilepwent_internal: unable to open file /etc/samba/smbpasswd. > > Error was Permission denied > > [2003/01/29 19:41:23, 0] passdb/smbpass.c:iterate_getsmbpwuid(1240) > > unable to open smb password database. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Santiago > > > > > -- > 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
