samba 2.2 as a PDC

[mastguy]

Hello all

iam trying to configure samba 2.2 as a PDC for our small network in which i have windows as clients. Well i made changes to smb.conf file and added the machine account . but when iam trying to join a windows machine to samba domain it asks me for user name and password. i gave my root username and the passwod for the same but it says that that the account is not authorized to log on from this station....well this is mt smb.conf file

[global]
netbios name = linsys
workgroup = incitetoday
passdb backend = tdbsam
os level = 33
preferred master = yes
domain master = yes
local master = yes
security = user
domain logons = yes
logon path = \{}\{}%N\{}profiles\{}%u
logon drive = H:
logon home = \{}\{}homeserver\{}%u\{}winprofile
logon script = logon.cmd
[netlogon]
path = /var/lib/samba/netlogon
read only = yes
write list = ntadmin
[profiles]
path = /var/lib/samba/profiles
read only = no
create mask = 0600
directory mask = 0700

plzzz help thanks in advance

 

[mattjurado]

Have you added a "domain admin" account?

http://daniel.fiser.cz/?go=samba

http://samba.linuxbe.org/en/samba/config/domain-1.html

http://linuxquestions.org/questions/archive/1/2003/05/2/58848

With 2.2, if memory serves, you need to run smbpasswd -a root, and then specify root in the domain admin users = root parameter.

Matt J.

Please always take the time to backup any and all data before performing any actions suggested for ANY problem, regardless of how minor a change it might seem. Also test the backup to make sure it is intact.