--- Brian McCullough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Folks, > > I don't do this often enough to have it easily accessable. > > I seem to have issues adding a Windows XP Pro machine to a Samba 3 > domain. > > I have gone through the documentation ( HOWTO and Examples ) on the > Samba.org site, which confirmed what I had already tried. I already > have several Win2K machines attached, along with a couple of others, as > well. > > I added the machine's new name to the /etc/passwd ( useradd ) and > smbpasswd ( -m -a ) files on the server. Why must you add it via command line? > > I then went to the XP machine, right clicked on My Computer, and > selected Properties. > > On the Identification window, I clicked on "Change" and entered the new > machine name and clicked the Domain radio button, entering the domain > name ( Windows Domain, not the proper one ). > > I then clicked OK and was prompted for "A user allowed to join this > domain." I had already used smbpasswd to set a "fake" password for > root, so I entered "root" and that fake password on the XP machine and > clicked OK. Is root a smb user? > > It pauses for a few moments and then tells me "Unknown user". > > I have checked the Samba logs several times, and they seem to show > success, including something about "sent new SID" with a long string of > digits. > > Something that I just thought of -- One of the Samba logs that is > "current" when I am doing this, is named for the OLD name of that > machine. Is my big problem that I need to change the name of the > machine and reboot BEFORE I try to add to the domain; I can't do the > domain join while I am changing the base name of the machine? > > > Of course, if the answer is Yes, then I have another machine that I have > issues with, I just haven't worried about it because it is connected as > a WorkGroup member to a different network. > > Also an XP Pro machine. Also won't join the domain. In this case, I am > wondering whether there is a length restriction for the Machine Name? I > am not trying to change the name of this one, just join the domain. > However, the existing machine name is 11 characters long. I have machine names up to 13 characters on my smb domain. > > > > Thanks in advance for all of the usual SAGE advice, I would also make sure the WINS is running correctly too, I know at one samba would not work if samba was running WINS in addition to another WINS server. Good luck, Chris > Brian > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
