On Mon, 17 Apr 2000, Hikmat Farhat wrote:

> Richard June wrote:
> 
> > I was under the impression that NT would log onto a samba machine simply
> > by configuring samba like this
> >
> >    domain master = yes
> >    domain groups = VLM
> >    local master = yes
> >    preferred master = yes
> >    os level = 65
> > ;   wins support = no
> > ; Scott changed 10-20-97
> > ; Scott changed to yes 3-10-99 for dialup networking logins
> >    wins support = yes
> >
> >    domain logons = yes
> >    logon script = SYSTEM.BAT
> >
> > and then telling the NT machines to log onto the domain VLM, is this not
> > correct?
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> i assuming that you did the above but the NT machine can't join the VLM
> domain.
> probably the reason is the following:
> 
> you need to create a passwd entry in smbpasswd file for each NT machine
> that logs on to the domain VLM
> use smbpasswd -a -m machine_name$
> where machine_name is the netbios name for  NT and you have to append a "$"
> to the name
> note that if you remove the said NT machine from the domain and then you
> try to rejoin it you
> need to remove the entry machine_name$ from the smbpasswd file and then
> recreate the machine account
> 
You would be correct, I did do the above. I added the smbpasswd entry like
you said, however it still will not log in. Which versions of NT does this
work for?

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