samba - Apr 2005 - PDC Shows up as a domain

Hello,

My Samba server acting as a PDC shows up as an empty domain on my 
Windows clients under "My Network Places".

My PDC is called "PDC" and my domain is called "SOC".  I see
PDC and SOC
in "My Network Places".

Another strange problem is when I use the Windows Server Manager tool 
from servtools.exe, it says "Cannot find the Primary DC for PDC".  Why
is it looking for the PDC and not the Domain?

My settings are below in case that helps.

Thanks,
Charles

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# Global parameters
[global]
         workgroup = SOC
         passdb backend = tdbsam
         passwd chat = *New*Password* %n\n*Re-enter*new*password* %n\n 
*Password*changed*
         username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
         log level = 2
         log file = /var/log/samba/%m
         max log size = 50
         name resolve order = wins bcast hosts
         time server = Yes
         add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -m '%u'
         delete user script = /usr/sbin/userdel -r '%u'
         add group script = /usr/sbin/groupadd '%g'
         delete group script = /usr/sbin/groupdel '%g'
         add user to group script = /usr/sbin/usermod -G '%g'
'%u'
         add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -s /bin/false -d 
/var/lib/nobody '%u'
         logon path          logon home          domain logons = Yes
         preferred master = Yes
         wins support = Yes

[homes]
         comment = Home Directories
         valid users = %S
         read only = No
         browseable = No

[netlogon]
         comment = Network Logon Service
         path = /home/samba/netlogon
         guest ok = Yes
         locking = No

[profiles]
         comment = Profile Share
         path = /home/samba/profiles
         read only = No
         profile acls = Yes

I noticed that this didn't affect all users, so I deleted the users and 
added them again using smbpasswd and that fixed this problem.

Charles

Charles McLaughlin wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> My Samba server acting as a PDC shows up as an empty domain on my 
> Windows clients under "My Network Places".
> 
> My PDC is called "PDC" and my domain is called "SOC". 
I see PDC and SOC
> in "My Network Places".
> 
> Another strange problem is when I use the Windows Server Manager tool 
> from servtools.exe, it says "Cannot find the Primary DC for PDC".
Why
> is it looking for the PDC and not the Domain?
> 
> My settings are below in case that helps.
> 
> Thanks,
> Charles
> 
> ---------------
> 
> # Global parameters
> [global]
>         workgroup = SOC
>         passdb backend = tdbsam
>         passwd chat = *New*Password* %n\n*Re-enter*new*password* %n\n 
> *Password*changed*
>         username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
>         log level = 2
>         log file = /var/log/samba/%m
>         max log size = 50
>         name resolve order = wins bcast hosts
>         time server = Yes
>         add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -m '%u'
>         delete user script = /usr/sbin/userdel -r '%u'
>         add group script = /usr/sbin/groupadd '%g'
>         delete group script = /usr/sbin/groupdel '%g'
>         add user to group script = /usr/sbin/usermod -G '%g'
'%u'
>         add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -s /bin/false -d 
> /var/lib/nobody '%u'
>         logon path >         logon home >         domain logons = Yes
>         preferred master = Yes
>         wins support = Yes
> 
> [homes]
>         comment = Home Directories
>         valid users = %S
>         read only = No
>         browseable = No
> 
> [netlogon]
>         comment = Network Logon Service
>         path = /home/samba/netlogon
>         guest ok = Yes
>         locking = No
> 
> [profiles]
>         comment = Profile Share
>         path = /home/samba/profiles
>         read only = No
>         profile acls = Yes
>