Howdy All, I have a problem with a machine which I am trying to connect to an existing samba domain 1. The machine WAS connected to the domain as hrennie$ 2. Removed hrennie$ ( using smbpasswd -x hrennie$ ) from the system. 3. Changed the name of the machine to hrenniedt$ ( found that having a user with the same name as the machine is not a good look ) . 4. Tried to reconnect the hrenniedt$ to the domain but all I get is The following error occurred whilst attempting to join the domain Multiple connections to a server or shared resource by the same user, using more than one username, are not allowed. Disconnect all previous connections to the server or shared resource and try again. I have had a look-see at smbstatus and there is no connection to the server by this machine ( or the user who has rights to attach the machine to the domain ) at all. As I successfully changed the names of six others xp machines attached to the same domain using the same method , I cant see why number 7 should cause me this much grief. Hopefully there is an easy fix for this problem. Any and all ideas welcome as I have run out !!! -- Greg Andrews System Manager RGTechnologies Pty Ltd 606 Skipton Street Ballarat 3350 613 53363603 0417 511 731 andrews@rgt.com.au
>Multiple connections to a server or shared resource by the same user, >using more than one username, are not allowed. Disconnect all previous >connections to the server or shared resource and try again. > >Rebooting and logging in with a local administrator account is a sure fire way to fix this, assuming that administrator doesn't have any drives mapped over or anything else that will open a connection to the server. For instance, I used to have an issue with clients that would seek out all network shares (xp style autodiscovery stuff) when my local admin account had a valid user/pass combo on the server. If that's the case for you, you'll see objects in 'My Network Places'. Delete all these, reboot again and see if things don't work better. -- -- Paul Gienger Office: 701-281-1884 Applied Engineering Inc. Systems Architect Fax: 701-281-1322 URL: www.ae-solutions.com mailto: pgienger@ae-solutions.com