On Thu, 8 May 2003, Lists Account wrote:
> I am getting an error when trying to add a machine trust account to my
> Samba Server (acting as a PDC).
>
> Here is an excerpt of a shell session:
>
> bigbyte:/etc/samba# smbpasswd -m -a pc-00454
> Failed to modify entry for user pc-00454$.
> Failed to modify password entry for user pc-00454$
> bigbyte:/etc/samba# smbd -V
> Version 2.999+3.0.alpha23-4 for Debian
> bigbyte:/etc/samba# nmbd -V
> Version 2.999+3.0.alpha23-4 for Debian
> bigbyte:/etc/samba#
>
>
> I have created the account in the /etc/passwd file. It exists in the
> shadow password file. I have created machine accounts before.
In /etc/passwd is it there as:
pc-00454
OR as
pc-00454$
This is critical!
>
> What should I be looking for?
In smb.conf [globals], set "log level = 10"
The do this again, and check to see what is failing in the log file
generated.
- John T.
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John H Terpstra
Email: jht@samba.org