When attempting to join my domain, the NT 4 Workstation and XP Pro clients cannot contact the domain controller. The Samba server is running normally, and can be connected to via IP address, but not by name. Additionally, when I set up a DNS, it still could not contact the Samba server. The clients and server are on the same subnet. I have read as much as I could find on configuring Samba as a PDC, but thus far have found nothing that has solved my problem. Below is a copy of my smb.conf file. Any assistance is appreciated. Thanks! [global] netbios name = THOR workgroup = ASGARD server string = Thor at Asgard encrypt passwords = yes status = yes wins support = yes passdb backend = smbpasswd os level = 64 prefered master = yes domain master = yes local master = yes security = user domain logons = yes logon path = \\%N\profiles\%u logon drive = S: logon home = \\homeserver\%u\winprofile #logon script = logon.cmd domain admin group = root unix password sync = yes passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u passwd chat = *New*Password* %n\n *Please*Retype*New*Password* %n\n *Password*Updated* [netlogon] comment = Samba PDC Logon Scripts and Policies path = /etc/samba/netlogon read only = yes write list = ntadmin [profiles] comment = Roaming Profiles path = /etc/samba/profiles read only = no create mask = 0600 directory mask = 0700 [homes] comment = %u's Home Directory read only = no browsable = no guest ok = no writeable = yes [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba printer admin = root guest ok = Yes printable = Yes use client driver = Yes browseable = No
M Middleton wrote:>When attempting to join my domain, the NT 4 Workstation and XP Pro >clients cannot contact the domain controller. The Samba server is >running normally, and can be connected to via IP address, but not by >name. Additionally, when I set up a DNS, it still could not contact >the Samba server. The clients and server are on the same subnet. > >I have read as much as I could find on configuring Samba as a PDC, but >thus far have found nothing that has solved my problem. > >Below is a copy of my smb.conf file. Any assistance is appreciated. Thanks! > >[global] >netbios name = THOR >workgroup = ASGARD >server string = Thor at Asgard >encrypt passwords = yes >status = yes >wins support = yes >passdb backend = smbpasswd >os level = 64 >prefered master = yes >domain master = yes >local master = yes >security = user >domain logons = yes >logon path = \\%N\profiles\%u >logon drive = S: >logon home = \\homeserver\%u\winprofile >#logon script = logon.cmd >domain admin group = root >unix password sync = yes >passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u >passwd chat = *New*Password* %n\n *Please*Retype*New*Password* %n\n >*Password*Updated* > > > >[netlogon] >comment = Samba PDC Logon Scripts and Policies >path = /etc/samba/netlogon >read only = yes >write list = ntadmin > >[profiles] >comment = Roaming Profiles >path = /etc/samba/profiles >read only = no >create mask = 0600 >directory mask = 0700 > >[homes] >comment = %u's Home Directory >read only = no >browsable = no >guest ok = no >writeable = yes > >[printers] >comment = All Printers >path = /var/spool/samba >printer admin = root >guest ok = Yes >printable = Yes >use client driver = Yes >browseable = No > >Have you tried manually setting a WINS entry (ip address of samba server) for the windows machines? Christian
"M Middleton" <middleton.m@gmail.com> wrote in message news:27a807ce041013073061807005@mail.gmail.com...> When attempting to join my domain, the NT 4 Workstation and XP Pro > clients cannot contact the domain controller.What error message do you get?>The Samba server is > running normally, and can be connected to via IP address, but not by > name.What command are you using to connect to the server by IP address? What command are you using to connect to the server by name? What replies do you receive?>Additionally, when I set up a DNS, it still could not contact > the Samba server. The clients and server are on the same subnet.What command are you using and what message do you receive? Is there a firewall running on the Samba server or on any of the workstations?