Hi, Thanks for the reply. I should mention that I've made some progress with my efforts to set up a samba PDC for my Win2K clients.
First of all I am now able to successfully complete all tests in the recommended "DIAGNOSTICS.TXT" at http://hr.uoregon.edu/davidrl/DIAGNOSIS.txt, except:- test 8: On the PC type the command "net view \\BIGSERVER" Specifically, I am only able to complete this test by using the IP Addr of the samba server in place of its name. Likewise for test 9 that follows. Recapping, I *am* able to serve share dirs to *NIX clients as well as the Win2K boxes, with the caveat that for the Windows boxes, I have to use the IP Addr of the samba server. This is not an issue for other (*NIX) client hosts. Needless to say, I am not as yet able to have the Win2K boxes join the domain as described in Chapter 9. (How to Configure Samba 2.2 as a Primary Domain Controller - 9.4.3. Joining the Client to the Domain.4.3. Joining the Client to the Domain). I still get the MS error when I click "OK" after entering the domain as defined in smb.conf. Hope this presents somewhat a clearer description of the current status here. Do get back to if you would require more information in assisting me in resolving this. Thanks On Sat, 2002-10-26 at 22:26, D. Penev wrote: > On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 07:33:58PM +0100, Stacey Roberts wrote: > >Subject: IPFW Rules for samba PDC? [WAS: samba PDC for WIN2K clients?] > >From: Stacey Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: Andrew Boothman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], > > FreeBSD Questions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Date: 21 Oct 2002 19:33:58 +0100 > > > >Hello, > > I'd appreciate some help from anyone who's got samba 2.2.6 running > >on FreeBSD as a PDC for Win2K client wkstations, please. > > > >I'm trying to following the SAMBA How-To at: > >http://samba.epfl.ch/samba/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.html#AEN60 > >but fail at the smbclient -L <PDC host> stage: > > > ># smbclient -L -N Demon > >added interface ip=192.168.1.8 bcast=192.168.1.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 > >Packet send failed to 192.168.1.255(137) ERRNO=Permission denied > >Connection to -N failed > ># > > > >I get these entries in /var/log/security: > >Oct 21 19:31:08 Demon /kernel: ipfw: 910 Deny UDP <My IP>:2308 > ><net.255>:137 out via sis0 > > You firewall blocks packets to port 137 (netbios-ns). That's > why you can access samba server with ip address and not by name. > > > > >Please help me out here. > > > >Stacey > > > >On Mon, 2002-10-21 at 02:32, Andrew Boothman wrote: > >> Stacey Roberts wrote: > >> > Hello, > >> > I've got 2 WIN2K Pro workstations on my home lan that I'd like to > >> > enable network logon for. I've been banging my head against a wall for > >> > the last four hours trying to get this sorted, but to no avail. > >> > > >> > I keep getting the same error when trying to enter the Domain name into > >> > the "WORKGROUP" field in Win2K network properties: > >> > > >> > "The following error occured validating the name "my_domainname", This > >> > condition may be caused by a DNS lookup problem. For more information > >> > about troubleshooting common DNS lookup problems see the following > >> > Microsoft blah., blah.., blah.., > >> > > >> > The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted". > >> > >> Have you added machine accounts to the FreeBSD box for the client boxes? > >> > >> You need machine accounts that look like clientname$ (dollar sign at > >> end) added both as local accounts and then again with smbpasswd passing > >> whatever the appropriate switch is to create a machine account. > >> > >> I have a FreeBSD box here acting as a PDC so we should be able to find > >> the problem. > >> > >> Andrew. > >> > >> > >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > >-- > >Stacey Roberts > >B.Sc (HONS) Computer Science > > > >Web: www.vickiandstacey.com > > > > > > -- > Regards, > D. Penev > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Stacey Roberts B.Sc (HONS) Computer Science Web: www.vickiandstacey.com
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