First, Please forgive me for breaking the in-reply-to header. I had this identical problem today, and was able to solve it by adding an A record for the server to the default dns suffix domain of the pc's.
I.e. our domain is bollocks.com, and the server is pdc.bollocks.com. The dns suffix on the problem machines was set to bollocks.com, and it was failing to resolve the name pdc.bollocks.com, even though it was able to resolve the netbios name \\pdc Let me know if I explained this poorly. -ejay > It may be I'll need to join a samba group, but I thought I may get a > quick answer. > Am attempting to do a test install of samba as a primary domain > controller. I can see the shares and navigate them. > However, when I attempt to join the domain, WinXP says "username could > not be found". > I have a root user with a password. I can see it's shares as well if I > use the root name and password. > So the problem appears to be ONLY when I try to join. I'll post some > logs for /var/logs/samba/log.0.0.0.0 as they may be a hint. > [2006/05/23 09:56:15, 0] lib/util_sock.c:get_peer_addr(1150) > getpeername failed. Error was Transport endpoint is not connected -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
