samba - Oct 2002 - Samba PDC reliability?

Hello all,

I'm using Samba 2.2.5 compiled on Solaris 8 for my PDC, I've included my
smb.conf below.  My client machines are all winnt4.0 service pack 6, but I 
can't get them to log in to the PDC reliably.  Very rarely will they log in 
properly, I usually get the "Domain controller could not be contacted"
error
message.  Does anyone have any advice?  Thanks!

Beau

===================smb.conf=====================================
[global]
	client code page = 437
	netbios name = SambaPDC
	workgroup = Samba_domain
	domain logons = yes
	server string = Domain Controller [ Samba %v ]
	interfaces = 192.168.100.100/255.255.255.0
	browseable = yes
	lock directory = /usr/local/samba/var/locks
	log file = /usr/local/samba/var/log.%m
	max smbd processes = 30
	null passwords = no
	name resolve order = lmhosts hosts bcast
	os level = 65
	max log size = 100
	local master = yes
	preferred master = yes
	domain master = yes
	wins support = yes
	getwd cache = yes
	socket options = IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY SO_KEEPALIVE
	locking = yes
	log level = 1
	map hidden = yes
	map archive = yes
	map system = yes
	security = user
	encrypt passwords = yes
	unix password sync = yes
	passwd chat = "*new*password* %n\n *new*password* %n\n *changed*"
	passwd program = /usr/bin/yppasswd %u
	add user script = /usr/local/samba/bin/smbpasswd -a -m %m
	domain admin group = @adm
	follow symlinks = yes
	logon path = ""
	logon home = ""

[netlogon]
	path = /export/samba/logon
	public = no
	writeable = no
	browseable = no

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> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 13:30:34 -0700
> From: Beau Sapach <beau.sapach@ualberta.ca>
> To: samba@lists.samba.org
> Subject: [Samba] Samba PDC reliability?
>
> Hello all,
>
> I'm using Samba 2.2.5 compiled on Solaris 8 for my PDC, I've
included my
> smb.conf below.  My client machines are all winnt4.0 service pack 6,
but I
> can't get them to log in to the PDC reliably.  Very rarely will they
log in
> properly, I usually get the "Domain controller could not be
contacted"
error
> message.  Does anyone have any advice?  Thanks!
>
We have been running samba as a domain controller since the 2.0.x days
(I think 2.0.6) on linux (currently 2.2.6 on Mandrake 8.2), never seen
this problem (except a similar message when trying to join a machine
that thinks it's in the workgroup of the same name ;-)).

Ensure your clients
1)Look at your WINS server. This is most easily done via DHCP
2)Don't have IPX/NetBEUI installed
3)Don't have badly-configured firewalls installed, some of which have a
default config which prevents wins from working

Buchan

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