samba - Dec 2010 - Could not find base dn trying to join a machine into the domain

Hi all,

Trying to set up a samba PDC with 389-fd LDAP I get and error when I try to join
my first windows machine to the domain.
I did the smbldap-populate and all seems ok. The point is when I add a machine
through command line as:

usr/sbin/smbldap-useradd -w "testmaschine4"

I don't get any error, below I can demonstrate it:

#getent passwd |grep 515
testmachine$:*:5001:515:Computer:/dev/null:/bin/false
testmaschine2$:*:5002:515:Computer:/dev/null:/bin/false

But the problem occurs when through the windowsXP box I try to join to the
domain. I type my Administrator user with his password but then I get an error
dialogue which says:
"The user name could not be found"

When I try to find out more info in  the administrator.log on samba server I can
see these lines:

check_ntlm_password:  authentication for user [Administrator] ->
[Administrator] -> [Administrator] succeeded
Returning domain sid for domain XXXXX ->
S-1-5-21-2019295574-2912910430-xxxxxx
Could not find base dn, to get next uidNumber at
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/smbldap_tools.pm line 1181
 _samr_create_user: Running the command `/usr/sbin/smbldap-useradd -w
"vmwinxpbox$"' gave 2

I don't understand why smbldap-useradd is able to add that machine through
command line but it is not able through windows box



Useful info:

smbldap-populate file:

suffix="o=company,dc=lan"
computersdn="ou=machines,${suffix}"
sambaUnixIdPooldn="sambadomainname=domainname,ou=domains,o=company,dc=lan"
defaultComputerGid="515"


smb.cnf:

ldap suffix = dc=lan
ldap machine suffix = ou=machines,o=company
add machine script = /usr/sbin/smbldap-useradd -w "%u"


Thank you in advance. any advice will be grateful :)

I think you should mention 'root' as username and password should be
which you put while running 'smbldap-populate'.
You can change 'root' password using
root# smbpasswd root
command
   Thanks


On 12/30/10, sisu . <npillao at hotmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Trying to set up a samba PDC with 389-fd LDAP I get and error when I try to
> join my first windows machine to the domain.
> I did the smbldap-populate and all seems ok. The point is when I add a
> machine through command line as:
>
> usr/sbin/smbldap-useradd -w "testmaschine4"
>
> I don't get any error, below I can demonstrate it:
>
> #getent passwd |grep 515
> testmachine$:*:5001:515:Computer:/dev/null:/bin/false
> testmaschine2$:*:5002:515:Computer:/dev/null:/bin/false
>
> But the problem occurs when through the windowsXP box I try to join to the
> domain. I type my Administrator user with his password but then I get an
> error dialogue which says:
> "The user name could not be found"
>
> When I try to find out more info in  the administrator.log on samba server
I
> can see these lines:
>
> check_ntlm_password:  authentication for user [Administrator] ->
> [Administrator] -> [Administrator] succeeded
> Returning domain sid for domain XXXXX ->
> S-1-5-21-2019295574-2912910430-xxxxxx
> Could not find base dn, to get next uidNumber at
> /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/smbldap_tools.pm line 1181
>  _samr_create_user: Running the command `/usr/sbin/smbldap-useradd -w
> "vmwinxpbox$"' gave 2
>
> I don't understand why smbldap-useradd is able to add that machine
through
> command line but it is not able through windows box
>
>
>
> Useful info:
>
> smbldap-populate file:
>
> suffix="o=company,dc=lan"
> computersdn="ou=machines,${suffix}"
>
sambaUnixIdPooldn="sambadomainname=domainname,ou=domains,o=company,dc=lan"
> defaultComputerGid="515"
>
>
> smb.cnf:
>
> ldap suffix = dc=lan
> ldap machine suffix = ou=machines,o=company
> add machine script = /usr/sbin/smbldap-useradd -w "%u"
>
>
> Thank you in advance. any advice will be grateful :)
>
>
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