Chris Mason
2002-Nov-07 10:35 UTC
[Samba] Looking for help with PDC implementation problem
In an small business network I have built for a hospitality client, I have several Win2K workstations and a Redhat 7.3 server using Samba for PDC and file sharing, user's home directories, etc. Users can float as there are not enough machines and some workers are not deskbound. Everything works great at this stage. No I have to integrate a Point of Sale system. The POS system runs on Win98 keyboard-less terminals and a Win2K workstation server, which shares the data and runs a service to synchronize the data (otherwise I would have used a samba share) Since the Win98 terminals cannot login, I cannot run this system under the domain. However, users on the domain workstations need to be able to run the POS applications to do inventory control etc. I tried to give them access by creating accounts on the POS server, and they got access, but when they run the inventory application, I get -2147220499: An Error occurred in clsRegistry.key[PropertyLet],rsNewValue=Software\FastechSoftware\Databas e. Message: Can't write I suspect the problem is that the domain users do not have the privileges required to write to the registry, when I create the user locally on the machine everything is fine, and the inventory program works. How can I give the domain user the same privileges as a power user on the local machine? Chris Mason masonc@masonc.com Box 340, The Valley, Anguilla, British West Indies Tel: 264 497 5670 Fax: 264 497 8463 Cell: 264 235 5670 http://www.anguillaguide.com/ The Anguilla Guide Talk to me in real time: Yahoo:netconcepts_anguilla US Fax and Voicemail: (815)301-9759
Hi Chris, Can't you add the domain user to the Power Users group on the local machine? Assuming the machine is part of the domain, log in as local Administrator and under Users/Groups add the domain users to the Power Users group. HTH -----Original Message----- From: Chris Mason [mailto:masonc@masonc.com] Sent: 07 November 2002 10:34 To: samba@lists.samba.org Subject: [Samba] Looking for help with PDC implementation problem In an small business network I have built for a hospitality client, I have several Win2K workstations and a Redhat 7.3 server using Samba for PDC and file sharing, user's home directories, etc. Users can float as there are not enough machines and some workers are not deskbound. Everything works great at this stage. No I have to integrate a Point of Sale system. The POS system runs on Win98 keyboard-less terminals and a Win2K workstation server, which shares the data and runs a service to synchronize the data (otherwise I would have used a samba share) Since the Win98 terminals cannot login, I cannot run this system under the domain. However, users on the domain workstations need to be able to run the POS applications to do inventory control etc. I tried to give them access by creating accounts on the POS server, and they got access, but when they run the inventory application, I get -2147220499: An Error occurred in clsRegistry.key[PropertyLet],rsNewValue=Software\FastechSoftware\Databas e. Message: Can't write I suspect the problem is that the domain users do not have the privileges required to write to the registry, when I create the user locally on the machine everything is fine, and the inventory program works. How can I give the domain user the same privileges as a power user on the local machine? Chris Mason masonc@masonc.com Box 340, The Valley, Anguilla, British West Indies Tel: 264 497 5670 Fax: 264 497 8463 Cell: 264 235 5670 http://www.anguillaguide.com/ The Anguilla Guide Talk to me in real time: Yahoo:netconcepts_anguilla US Fax and Voicemail: (815)301-9759 -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.410 / Virus Database: 231 - Release Date: 31/10/2002 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.410 / Virus Database: 231 - Release Date: 31/10/2002
Freeman, Peter (ERHS)
2002-Nov-07 22:44 UTC
[Samba] Looking for help with PDC implementation problem
>Can't you add the domain user to the Power Users group on the >local machine? >Assuming the machine is part of the domain, log in as local >Administrator >and under Users/Groups add the domain users to the Power Users group.Just on this issue, in case you come across the same anomaly that I have in running Win2k (SP3) against Samba 2.2.5/2.2.6 PDCs, when you try to add the Domain Users group into the local Power Users group, frequently it returns an error about being unable to lookup usernames for display or similar, sometimes there's another msg as well but I don't recall it right now. To get around this, open the Users group (local W2k), add in any user off the PDC, Apply, then delete the user. Close out of the users group then go back to the Power Users group and you should then be able to add the Domain Users group with no errors. Why this occurs, or more to the point, why this workaround fixes it I have no idea, but like all MS workarounds if it works who cares.... :P