What version of samba are you running? Jon Johnston Creative Business Solutions IBM, Lotus, Microsoft Consultants http://www.cbsol.com 952-544-1108 Blog: http://bingo.cbsol.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 04/20/2004 06:53:49 PM: > > > > > Hello. > I'm hoping that you will provide some help with a Samba problem that > I'm > experiencing. > We have an Alphaserver that has been functioning as the Samba-server > in a Windows/NT Domain for about 5 years now. It was set up by an > engineer > here at Raytheon Missile Systems Company and he left the company about 2 > years ago. I've inherited the administration of it. > Last week the Alphaserver's unix (TRU-64 V 4.0F) boot-drive crashed > and > a replacement disk was built from a (5 day old) backup tape. Samba did not > work after that and I'm quite sure - from the error-messages - that it's > because > the Alphaserver's NT-machine-account's password is out-of-sync with what > the PC/winNT side remembers it to be "last set to". > I can not get Samba to run as it had been running all of these years - > i.e.: > with "security = domain" and "password server = * " specified in the > smb.conf > file. > I can get Samba up and running with "security = server" and "password > server > = PDC,BDC,Alphaserver". But the Samba-functionality ceases after a while, > even > though the Samba-daemons are still running. > How can I remove the Alphaserver from the NT Domain and thereby delete > its > machine-account, so that I can then add it back into the Domain with a new > machine > account-name and associated machine-account-password? (I'd like to also go > back to using "security = domain" in the smb.conf file.) > I have read the html help files but nothing there referrences taking > an existing > Samba-server out of a Windows Domain and then adding it back in again in > order > to re-set the machine-accountname and its password. > Any help light that you could shed on this issue would be greatly > appreciated. > Sincerely, > Bob Shaffo > > > -- > 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
