On 04.08.2003 21:15 Uhr, "Jon Reynolds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am at the end of my rope, I am trying to get a winxp box to logon to a > pdc using freebsd5.1 and keep getting "Logon failure: unknown user name > or bad passsword." or "Access Denied". > > I am trying to logon with 'root' and the user is in smbpasswd and > /etc/passwd. I think my problem is I am not sure how to add the machine > account into the samba server. I have tried just adding the user then > adding a '$' after the username in /etc/passwd, when this is done I can > use smbpasswd -a -m <MachineName> and it adds the computer to smbpasswd > with a '$' sign next to it. > > No matter which logon I try and use I never get to authenticate. I have > also made the two registry changes to the XP box and still I cannot log > in. > > Can someone help me with this or point me to a freebsd doc or something. > I'm going nuckin' futs with this. > > Any help is greatly appreciated, > > Jon > > In order to join a XP Pro machine to a samba domain you have to change a registry key. All I know it has something to do with windows DNS, I think. Go to xp-samba.linuxgod.net/Samba.php, and it will tell you how to add a XP machine to a samba network. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba