Add the user root to the smbpasswd file and then change the passwd of
the acount.
# smbpasswd -a root
In win2k, use the user root and the new passwd when prompted for a username
while joining the domain.
If you have manually created the user for the machine and added to the
smbpasswd
with the -m option, all should work.
Oliver
Trevor Benson wrote:
> I have joined my Win2k Pro system to the domain. Now after it joining the
> domain when I attempt to login to the system it gives me 'The system
cannot
> logyou on to this domain because the system's computer account in its
> primary domain is missing or the password on that account is
incorrect.' It
> also mentioned the SID last night, but I don't seem to get that message
> anymore.
>
> I remember reading somewhere in the PDC Howto or the samba howto that the
> machine password was the machines name in lower case? And somewhere else
> mentioned to leave it blank, but that might have been for the /etc/passwd.
> It just took me awhile to even get connected because the adduser program
> created some cross use and groups, I had to resolve just to get the machine
> to join.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Trevor Benson
> Director of Information Technology
> Associated Business Products
>
>