quantum home # adduser -g machines -s /bin/false -d /dev/null quantumwin
quantum home # passwd -l quantumwin
When adding a machine account to the unix password file it needs to have a $ at the end of the name. Also the last time I checked the only user who could join a machine to the domain in Samba 2 was root. So you'll need a root account in the smbpasswd file, the password in smbpasswd does not have to match the unix root password. It's probably a good idea that they don't match.
It should work... but I cannot join the domain (windows xp pro). At first, the network identification wizard asks me for username, password and domain. I use johndoe and the domain LINUX.DOMAIN --- nothing.
It appears ``windows cannot find an account for your computer on the
LINUX.DOMAIN domain''. Again, I insert the name of my windows computer
(quantumwin) and the domain. A dialog says: ``A domain controller for
the domain LINUX.DOMAIN could not be contacted.'' --- The error is about
a missing SRV entry in the DNS for the ldap server, but at the moment,
I'm just testing. Moreover... am I right in suspecting it's trying to
connect to an AD server instead of a NT4 domain?
Yes XP is looking for an AD server. You may want to enable wins support on your PDC and point you windows clients to it. This helps with finding servers across subnets, it cuts down on broadcast traffic, and can speed things up a bit.
add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g machines -s /bin/false -M %u
It appears you're using the add user script to add machines accounts, which means the %u at the end should really be a %m$ don't forget the $.
Everything else looks okay.
Derek
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