Hello,
We have a samba server for our computer lab. Currently all the machines are
either windows 98 or windows 2000. The 98 machines are assigned to the
'INTRANET' workgroup, while the windows 2000 machines are part of the
'INTRANET' domain. We have no problems with this setup.
I'm now trying to deploy Windows XP (sp2) computers to this lab. I'm
constantly getting errors about not being able to access the server (e.g.
Windows cannot connect to the domain, either because the domain controller
is down or otherwise available, or because your computer account was not
found). Note, I was successfully able to join the computer to the domain (I
created the machine account on samba first). Also, browsing the network
shares works fine.
I've tried the following:
- added an lmhosts file with a '\0x1b' entry for the domain
- told the XP client to use the samba machine for WINS
- disabled 'Domain Member:Digitally encrypt or sign secure channel data
(always)'
- enabled NetBIOS over TCP/IP
- disabled Windows Firewall
It sounds to me like a resolution issue (there are no entries in the log.smb
file), but I'd expect the WINS and/or lmhosts to fix that.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Dean
More INFO:
Running Samba Version 2.2.3a-13 for Debian
smb.conf:
[global]
interfaces = 192.168.1.0/24
bind interfaces only = yes
hosts allow = 192.168.1. 127.
netbios name = public
netbios aliases = student
server string = File & Print Server
workgroup = INTRANET
remote announce = 192.168.1.255/INTRANET
domain master = yes
domain logons = yes
preferred master = yes
local master = yes
os level = 34
wins support = yes
name resolve order = wins hosts lmhosts bcast
dns proxy = yes
security = user
invalid users = bin daemon adm sync shutdown halt mail news sys uucp
operator gopher
browseable = no
guest ok = no
encrypt passwords = yes
null passwords = no
password level = 0
unix password sync = yes
domain admin group = @admin
add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g machines -c
'Machine Account' -s /bin/false -M %u
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *old*password* %o\n *new*password* %n\n *new*password*
%n\n *changed*
logon script = %u.bat
logon path logon home [netlogon]
comment = The domain logon service
path = /home/public/netlogon
writeable = no
write list = @admin
force group = users
[homes]
comment = Files stored here are not accessible by others
writable = yes
[apps]
path = /home/public/apps
volume = Apps
comment = These applications are free for everyone to use
writable = no
read list = @admin,@users
write list = @admin,@users
force group = users