On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 05:30, Jeff Layton wrote: > On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 01:54:52PM +0200, Nikola Vanevski wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I experienced the same problem a couple of days ago. It is a > > misconfiguration in global parameters, but I don't exactly know where. I > > copied the smb.conf [Globals] options from a working server and it fixed > > the problem. Because I was in a great hurry, I did not check where did I > > go wrong. Here are the parameters that worked on _my_ server : > > (smbpasswd backend) > > > > [global] > > workgroup = MBPR2 > > server string = Samba Server > > interfaces = 127.0.0.1, eth0 > > bind interfaces only = Yes > > map to guest = Bad User > > username map = /etc/samba/smbusers > > add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -c Machine -d > > /var/lib/nobody -s /bin/false %m$ > > logon path = > > logon home = > > domain logons = Yes > > os level = 65 > > preferred master = Yes > > domain master = Yes > > ldap suffix = dc=example,dc=com > > ldap ssl = no > > printer admin = @ntadmin, root, administrator > > > > Hope this helps. If you find what's going on (like the difference > > between your settings and these), Id like to know. > > > > Greetings > > > > Nino > > Thanks for the info. I eventually found another way to solve it. I had: > > invalid users = root > > so I commented that out, and was then able to use the root account to > join the domain. I'd like to be able to figure out how to do it using a > non-root account, though. Apparently it should be possible to do so if > the account is a member of the Domain Admins, but that didn't seem to > work for me. > > It would be nice to know what privileges are required to add machines to > the domain, so you could delegate out that privilege without having to > use the root account. Any samba experts care to comment? ---- You don't give details on your configuration but generally...
A member of 'Domain Admins' (RID 512) /etc/smb/smbusers root = Administrator administrator etc. user with uidnumber of 0 Craig -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
