samba - Nov 2002 - Problem with SuSE 8.1 & Samba 2.2.5 PDC

Hi All,

I am trying to set up samba simply as a standalone Primary Domain
Controller, but unfortunatley - for the last three days at least, it just
does not want to play!

i cannot find a problem in my smb.conf file and to proove that it works, i
can log into the samba server via the linux command line with smbclient.

The problem is the windows machines, when to go to log into the domain, i
get a message saying the password was rejected and to retry.  I'm starting
to pull all of my hair out, and i'm getting very frustrated.

The reason i am doing it this way is for a proof of concept, to make sure i
can get roaming profiles working the way i want to.

All help would be appreciated.

Gareth

Below is a copy of my smb.conf

[global]
    ; Basic Server Settings
    workgroup = sack
    netbios name = potato
    server string = Samba PDC Running %v
    socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_SNDBUF=8192
SO_RCVBUF=8192
    socket address = 192.168.0.1

    ; PDC & Master Browser Settings
    os level = 64
    preferred master = yes
    local master = yes
    domain master = yes

    ; Security & Logging Settings
    security = user
    encrypt passwords = yes
    domain logons = yes
    log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
    log level = 2
    max log size = 50
    hosts allow = 127.0.0.1 192.168.0.1/255.255.255.0

    ; User Profiles & Home Directory
    logon home = \\%L\%U\.profile
    logon drive = H:
    logon script = netlogon.bat
    logon path = \\%L\profiles\%U

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

    ; Password Sync'in
    unix password sync = yes
    passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
    passwd chat = *New*UNIX*password* %n\n *Retype*new*UNIX*password* %n\n
*Enter*new*UNIX*password* %n\n *retype*new*UNIX*password* %n\n *passwd:
*all*authenic
ation*tokens*updated*successfully*

    ; Interface Settings
    interfaces = eth0
    bind interfaces only = yes

# Shares

[homes]
    comment = Home Directorys
    browseable = no
    writeable = yes
[profiles]
    path = /home/samba/profiles
    writeable = yes
    browseable = no
    create mask = 0600
    directory mask = 0700
[netlogon]
    path = /home/netlogon
    read only = yes
    ;write list = @admin

As an update to my post earlier, i think i have found the problem.

The nmbd server isnt working correctly on my machine.

given that my netbios name is POTATO and the workgroup name is SACK

# > nmblookup -S potato
querying potato on 192.168.0.255
querying potato on 81.96.130.255
name_query failed to find name potato

with smbd and nmbd both started, it cannot find the server. Another look at
the workgroup shows

# > nmblookup sack
querying sack on 192.168.0.255
192.168.0.223 sack<00>
192.168.0.224 sack<00>

I would have expected this to show my server as part of the workgroup??

And one last look to search for all samba servers

# > nmblookup -B potato _ _SAMBA_ _
querying _ on 0.0.0.0
name_query failed to find name _
querying _SAMBA_ on 0.0.0.0
name_query failed to find name _SAMBA_
querying _ on 0.0.0.0
name_query failed to find name _

anybody have any ideas??

Thanks

Gareth

All,

In case anyone has this problem either now or in the future, my problem was
solved by switching off SuSEfirewall2.  Now i have to re-jig the firewall
rules to allow it to work again, but hey - its working.

Thanks for your help

Gareth