samba - Jul 2003 - Having problems connecting xp machine to samba

In my case, I've attempted to set up a Redhat linux 9.0 box as a primary
domain controller. I have a windows xp machine (professional) and am
attempting to connect to the pdc. However, I continually receive a network
path not found error. When I look within the log.smbd file, I see a number
of Denied connection from (client ip address) messages. Here are some things
to note:

 

1.	There IS another domain controller on the network, however, it is
not a SAMBA pdc. I've seen instructions that say there should not be another
pdc on the network, but I'm assuming that means a samba pdc. I don't
know if
that makes a difference.
2.	I tried adding machine accounts both manually and through the "add
user script" directive in smb.conf. None worked
3.	I've seen instructions regarding changing local security policies.
Specifically, I've read messages regarding "Locate the entry
"Domain member:
...". Furthermore, I've read that sometimes you don't need to
follow those
commands and simply need to add a registry patch. In my case, I was not able
to find the entry "Domain member" and simply added the
WinXP_SignOrSeal
registry patch. That may or may not cause a problem. However, I didn't know
what to do considering the entry I was supposed to find was not listed.

 

Any help that someone could give me regarding this would be greatly
appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

Note that I'm attaching my smb.conf file.

 

Armando Colpa

> 
> 1.	There IS another domain controller on the network, 
> however, it is
> not a SAMBA pdc. I've seen instructions that say there should 
> not be another pdc on the network, but I'm assuming that 
> means a samba pdc. I don't know if that makes a difference.
It makes all the difference in the world. There should be ONLY one PDC.
Period. Be it NT, 2000, XP or samba. So make up your mind either samba or
the other box.

If you allready have a PDC maybe you're looking to security=domain in your
smb.conf file. In that moment your samba box will ask the PDC "is john with
this password the person who pretends he is?" This is authentication. Then
somehow you must tell samba that user john should access only /someshare.
This is authorisation. All the above happen only if you've joined samba to
the domain controlled by the PDC. You need an user account in that domain
that is allowed to add machines to domain and do a smbpassd -j