Windows XP Professional JOIN to samba PDC ? 1

[inetd]

I am using Redhat 7.1 with samba 2.2.2 configured as PDC.
Can samba support Windows XP to join to its domain?

Thanks,
inetd.

 

[ifincham]

Hi,

With 2.2.2 it should be OK. You need to set up machine accounts for winnt/w2k/xp machines because they join the domain (unlike win9x machines which are never really true domain members). This is the same as the other way round. First you create a linux account with the netbios_name

# /usr/sbin/useradd -g 100 -d /dev/null -m -s /bin/false xp_box1$

Then create the equivalent smbpasswd entry..

# /usr/bin/smbpasswd -a -m xp_box1

(xp_box1 is an example of a netbiosname)

If you have a lot of boxes you can create on the fly by putting the following into smb.conf :

add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g 100 -s /bin/false -M %u

To to that, however, you must have a smbpasswd entry for root. If you set it up like this its best to use a different smb password for root to the 'real' root password for security reasons.

Hope this helps

 

[inetd]

Thanks ifincham .
I have tried to add the xp machine to my domain by these 2 command:

# /usr/sbin/useradd -g 100 -d /dev/null -m -s /bin/false xp_box1$

# /usr/bin/smbpasswd -a -m xp_box1$

At the xp machine it seems be added to the domain but after I reboot I can't login in with any domain user name.

I have done these on winnt and win2k. Both are successful.

Please help.

Thanks.

 

[cobretti]

You need to modify the windows registry ..

 

[ifincham]

Hi,

Giving the details would have been more helpful ......... I guess you mean this :

REGEDIT4

;
; This registry key (gathered from the Samba-tng lists) is needed
; for a Windows XP client to join and logon to a Samba domain
;

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\netlogon\parameters
"RequireSignOrSeal"=dword:00000000


Regards

 

[gburch]

I'm also having difficulty joining my Windows XP machine to a Samba domain. The Samba version is 2.2.1a running on Mandrake Linux 8.1. I am using the add user script to add Machine Trust Accounts on the fly, and have successfully added a Windows 2000 Machine. However, when I attempt the same fron the XP Pro mackine, I get the error "The Specified User Does Not Exist".

Any suggestions?