samba - Sep 2002 - Joining domain XP

Have set up machine accounts as recommended in your docs, using root as
authority to change to domain but half of the XP clients complain
'specified user does not exist'. This problem is not consistent and has
occurred seemingly at random with a test XP pro workstation on
continually attempting to leave & then rejoin the domain - any ideas out
there?
 
 
Please reply to owen@sense3d.com
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Can you give a more complete description of what is happening? And what you have
done?

ie. have you applies the signorseal patch etc?

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Karen 
  To: samba@samba.org 
  Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 9:42 AM
  Subject: [Samba] Joining domain XP


  Have set up machine accounts as recommended in your docs, using root as
authority to change to domain but half of the XP clients complain 'specified
user does not exist'. This problem is not consistent and has occurred
seemingly at random with a test XP pro workstation on continually attempting to
leave & then rejoin the domain - any ideas out there?

   

   

  Please reply to owen@sense3d.com

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Hello Karen/Owen.

I've recently (this morning on a XP laptop) tried a new-to-me step of
joining a domain, it worked first time.  I deleted the previous entries for this
PC in /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow and /etc/samba/smbpasswd.  In swat under global
in the 'add user script'.  This is an example for a RedHat system, so
you must tweak it accordingly.

[global]
...
add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g (a machine trust group that
must already exist, like 'machines') -s /bin/false -M %u

Another thing is instead of using root, put a user in 'admin user ='
under [global] and use that user to join the domain.
 
Hope this helps, e-mail me if you want to me to elaborate.

Chow, Trevor.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Karen 
  To: samba@samba.org 
  Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 5:42 PM
  Subject: [Samba] Joining domain XP


  Have set up machine accounts as recommended in your docs, using root as
authority to change to domain but half of the XP clients complain 'specified
user does not exist'. This problem is not consistent and has occurred
seemingly at random with a test XP pro workstation on continually attempting to
leave & then rejoin the domain - any ideas out there?

   

   

  Please reply to owen@sense3d.com

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