Rob,
Take your workstation and set it to the workgroup of 'testgroup' (Or
whatever else you wish to name it), reboot the machine, then try and get
it to join your BC Domain.
I am not sure of the reasons, but either Windows or Samba dislikes
trying to join a domain if it is already part of a workgroup with the
same name as the domain.
Also, if you have ANY mounted drives on the workstation that you are
joining to the Domain Controller, you need to unmount those first. This
is done thruogh the command I provided earlier and will provide again here:
Open up the Windows command prompt.
net use * /D (with a capital D)
To summarize:
1. Remove the workstation from the workgroup that matches the domain
of the PDC. Reboot the workstation.
2. Umount any mounted shares or connections to the server using the
net use /D command. (If you have mounted shares remount at every login.)
3. Join the Domain of the PDC.
That should take care of your issue.
--
Regards,
Robert Adkins
IT Manager/Buyer
Impel Industries, Inc.
Rob Watkin wrote:
Hi Robert
I will post the latest version smb.conf file below. I have followed the
instructions in http://us4.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-
Collection/FastStart.html section "Domain Controller" for the most part.
I have one server (TAU) and one Windows XP client (vm-201). I can get
vm-201 to join my BC workgroup but not the domain. I am rebooting the XP
machine and restarting samba on TAU between experiments.
I have just noticed the following error in the log file which I think is
at the bottom of all this! When I try to get the XP box to join the BC
domain it asks for a username and password, I give tom ****** and then
Windows says
"Computer Name Changes"
The following error occurred attempting to join the domain "BC":
The user name could not be found.
<OK>
log.smbd
===========================================================
[2006/09/01 14:39:42, 3] smbd/sec_ctx.c:pop_sec_ctx(386)
pop_sec_ctx (1001, 100) - sec_ctx_stack_ndx = 0
useradd: unable to lock password file
[2006/09/01 14:39:42, 0] rpc_server/srv_samr_nt.c:_samr_create_user
(2415)
_samr_create_user: Running the command `/usr/sbin/useradd -
s /bin/false/ -d /var/lib/nobody vm-201$' gave 1
smb.conf
====================================================
[global]
workgroup = BC
netbios name = TAU
server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)
passdb backend = tdbsam
security = user
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
name resolve order = wins bcast hosts
domain logons = yes
os level = 35
domain master = yes
preferred master = yes
wins support = yes
# Set CUPS for printing
printcap name = CUPS
printing = CUPS
# Default logon
logon drive = H:
logon home = \\%L\%U
### logon script = scripts/logon.bat
logon script = scripts\logon.bat
logon path = \\%L\profile\%U
# Useradd scripts
add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -m %u
delete user script = /usr/sbin/userdel -r %u
add group script = /usr/sbin/groupadd %g
delete group script = /usr/sbin/groupdel %g
add user to group script = /usr/sbin/usermod -G %g %u
add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -s /bin/false/ -
d /var/lib/nobody %u
idmap uid = 15000-20000
idmap gid = 15000-20000
# sync smb passwords woth linux passwords
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\sUNIX
\spassword:* %n\n .
passwd chat debug = yes
unix password sync = yes
# set the loglevel
log level = 3
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
valid users = %S
read only = no
browsable = no
[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
printer admin = root, rob
create mask = 0600
printable = yes
guest ok = yes
browsable = no
[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers Share
path = /var/lib/samba/drivers
write list = rob, root
printer admin = rob, root
[netlogon]
comment = Network Logon Service
path = /home/samba/netlogon
admin users = root, rob
guest ok = yes
browseable = no
### admin users = Administrator
### valid users = %U
### read only = no
[profile]
comment = Roaming profile share
path = /home/samba/profiles
read only = no
profile acls = yes
### valid users = %U
### create mode = 0600
### directory mode = 0700
### writable = yes
### browsable = no
[allusers]
comment = All Users
path = /home/shares/allusers
valid users = @users
force group = users
create mask = 0660
directory mask = 0771
writable = yes
On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 09:25 -0400, Robert Adkins wrote:
Rob,
Post your smb.conf file, remove identifying information or
substitute it for something else, such as IP Address ranges and
Server/Workgroup names. You may also wish to cut out any information
about the shares as well.
Beyond that, with these workstations you are attempting to join to
the domain, are they already in a workgroup using the same name as the
domain? Also, do they have any mounted drives on the server you are
setting up as the Samba PDC?
Both of those will cause a failure for Samba to allow the creation
of computer accounts and Domain joining.
If the computers are not part of DomainX and are part of WorkGroupY,
but you have a share from the PDC of DomainX mounted, type the following
in the Windows command line...
net use * /D (Yes, with a capital D)
This will disconnect all connections to the server and will allow
you to join the workstation to the domain, just fine.
--
Regards,
Robert Adkins
IT Manager/Buyer
Impel Industries, Inc.
Rob Watkin wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to configure Samba as a primary domain controller so that
our local school can have roaming logins. I am using Ubuntu server
6.06.1 on i386. So far I can get everything working as a workgroup but I
can't get my windows clients to join the domain.
I have read and followed several HOWTO's but I keep hitting the same
problems. Are there any documents which explain what a PDC is and how I
can tell why my windows clients wont join my domain.
Thanks
Rob W
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