samba - Dec 2010 - Server being kicked out of the domain every couple of days...

Hi there.

Very particular issues here..

A few months ago, we migrated our authentication system to a MacOS
10.6 server mac mini. It acts as a KDC and Windows primary domain
controller.

No major problem there.

Except that once a week our main file server (samba client, domain
authentication) would deny any incoming connections.

I found that issuing a net join command ; entering the admin username
and password would make the file server accept connection again. Not
even a need to restart samba !

Being lazy, I added a script making the file server re-join the domain
on a weekly basis.

While at the beginning it was happening on a weekly basis, it turned
out it could happen more often. So I changed the cron to run at 3AM
each day.

Turned out, it's not enough either :(

So my question is.. Has anyone encountered such issues earlier?
Why would I need to make this machine rejoin the domain at such a
regular interval?

don't have any issues with any other machines :(

Thanks
JY

Hi

On 23 December 2010 15:54, Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com>
wrote:
> So my question is.. Has anyone encountered such issues earlier?
> Why would I need to make this machine rejoin the domain at such a
> regular interval?
I'm not sure this is related. but trying to troubleshoot the problem:

mac server is running 3.0.28 (not recent I know :()

I upgraded the file server samba from 3.4 to 3.5 today.

I've noticed some peculiar:

After restarting samba, I can log just fine to the homes share.
can do so several time in a row with no problem.

Should I enter the password incorrectly just once, every further
attempt (with or without a good passowrd) result in:
session setup failed: NT code 0x1c010002

If I restart samba ; then I can connect once agai

Jean-Yves