I'm still trying to set up our Samba server as a PDC. I tried to do this yesterday and couldn't get my clients to recognize the server as a domain controller. Someone on this list suggested that I upgrade my Samba from version 2 to 3. I've done that, and things seem to be a little better than they were yesterday. Now when I go to my Windows client machine and try to set it up for domain logins, it no longer tells me that there is no domain controller when I enter the domain name in the system control panel. Instead, it prompts me for a name and password of an account with permission to join the domain. So I enter my username and password. Then I get an error message that says that the network path could not be found. Does anyone have any idea if there is anything further that I need to do to set up the Samba server as a PDC? Thanks, Eric
you have to use root with root's password. smbpasswd -a root also on the windows server you need to set the IP address of the samba server as your WINS server in the network properties or on your DHCP server settings. Eric Evans wrote:> I'm still trying to set up our Samba server as a PDC. I tried to do > this yesterday and couldn't get my clients to recognize the server as > a domain controller. Someone on this list suggested that I upgrade my > Samba from version 2 to 3. I've done that, and things seem to be a > little better than they were yesterday. Now when I go to my Windows > client machine and try to set it up for domain logins, it no longer > tells me that there is no domain controller when I enter the domain > name in the system control panel. Instead, it prompts me for a name > and password of an account with permission to join the domain. So I > enter my username and password. Then I get an error message that says > that the network path could not be found. > > Does anyone have any idea if there is anything further that I need to > do to set up the Samba server as a PDC? > > Thanks, > Eric >
Thanks. It's still not working though. A couple of things concern me about your advice. First of all I can't smbpasswd -a root on our Windows server because we don't have a Windows server. Secondly we can't change the network properties on the DHCP server because we don't have a DHCP server. So I'm now starting to wonder if what I am trying to do is even technically feasible at all with our current PC & Samba setup. We have a Sun workstation that is running the Samba server. And we have several PC clients, some of which run Win2k and some WinXP. That's it. What I would LIKE to be able to do is to set up our system to enable domain logons from the Windows clients. Is that something that is technically feasible with our current setup or not? If so, how could I accomplish that? Thanks a lot, Eric>you have to use root with root's password. smbpasswd -a root also on the >windows server you need to set the IP address of the samba server as your >WINS server in the network properties or on your DHCP server settings. > >Eric Evans wrote: >>I'm still trying to set up our Samba server as a PDC. I tried to do this >>yesterday and couldn't get my clients to recognize the server as a domain >>controller. Someone on this list suggested that I upgrade my Samba from >>version 2 to 3. I've done that, and things seem to be a little better >>than they were yesterday. Now when I go to my Windows client machine and >>try to set it up for domain logins, it no longer tells me that there is >>no domain controller when I enter the domain name in the system control >>panel. Instead, it prompts me for a name and password of an account with >>permission to join the domain. So I enter my username and >>password. Then I get an error message that says that the network path >>could not be found. >> >>Does anyone have any idea if there is anything further that I need to do >>to set up the Samba server as a PDC? >> >>Thanks, >>Eric >> >
Eric Evans wrote:> Does anyone have any idea if there is anything further that I need to do > to set up the Samba server as a PDC?Hi Eric, You need to either, a) first create a machine account in UNIX and Samba for that client you're adding, or b) make use of the 'add machine script' in smb.conf. Steve :)
I'm still not able to connect to the Samba server as a PDC from the client machine. I've added root as a Samba account in smbpasswd, and I've added the IP address of the Samba server machine to the WINS server list on the client. But I still get a "network path not found" when I try to configure the client to be a member of the domain.> > Does anyone have any idea if there is anything further that I need to do > > to set up the Samba server as a PDC? > >You need to either, a) first create a machine account in UNIX and Samba for >that client you're adding,OK, I hate to seem like I'm terribly dense here, but I guess I am. What is a "machine account"? I'm only familiar with accounts for users, not machines.>or b) make use of the 'add machine script' in >smb.conf.Sorry, but what "add machine script" are you referring to? I'm not familiar with any add machine script. I don't mean to be unnecessarily annoying, but I've never used domains before and I'm still very unclear on what exactly is required to set up a domain controller. Is there some good documentation on this somewhere that I could refer to? The Samba documentation seems to be sadly deficient on the topic of how to set up a Samba server as a PDC. If anyone has any further advice or guidance on how in the world one can get a Samba server to work as a PDC, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks very much, Eric