samba - Jul 2005 - Invalid user name when adding machine to domain

I am getting an error when trying to add a machine to my domain.  I look 
at the log for that machine and  this is what I get



[2005/07/02 20:54:51, 2] smbd/sesssetup.c:setup_new_vc_session(608)
  setup_new_vc_session: New VC == 0, if NT4.x compatible we would close 
all old resources.
[2005/07/02 20:54:51, 2] smbd/sesssetup.c:setup_new_vc_session(608)
  setup_new_vc_session: New VC == 0, if NT4.x compatible we would close 
all old resources.
[2005/07/02 20:54:51, 2] auth/auth.c:check_ntlm_password(305)
  check_ntlm_password:  authentication for user [admin] -> [root] -> 
[root] succeeded
[2005/07/02 20:54:52, 2] rpc_server/srv_samr_nt.c:_samr_lookup_domain(2482)
  Returning domain sid for domain XXXXXXX -> 
S-1-5-21-1984118162-790530758-327830036
useradd: invalid user name 'paulgrav$'
[2005/07/02 20:54:53, 2] smbd/server.c:exit_server(571)
  Closing connections

Any ideas of what could be causing this?

>useradd: invalid user name 'paulgrav$'
>
>Any ideas of what could be causing this?
Your version of useradd doesn't allow '$'.  This keeps getting fixed
and
then reverted on many distros...what are you using?


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On Jul 5, 2005, at 6:53 AM, Richmond Dyes wrote:
> I am getting an error when trying to add a machine to my domain.  I 
> look at the log for that machine and  this is what I get
>
>
<SNIP>
> useradd: invalid user name 'paulgrav$'
> [2005/07/02 20:54:53, 2] smbd/server.c:exit_server(571)
>
Perhaps the computer account was not created on the server.

In smb.conf, the "add machine script" directive is not set, or is 
failing because the script is broken.
Or, if you are not using this directive, you did not first manually 
create a machine account at the server