samba - Nov 2012 - Samba3 - WinXP - Domain not available

Hi,

I am sure it has been discussed extensively somewhere, but I cannot find 
a satisfactory solution so far.

We have a samba3 PDC running with Win7 machines (with the right hacks) 
without problems. We have been asked to add an old WinXP machine to the 
network but without success so far.

The setup is as follow:
Server : Samba 3.6.3 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Clients: Win 7 Ultimate (working) & Win XP Pro with SP3 (not working)

We joined the the WinXP machine to the domain without problems. The 
issue arise when trying to logon to the PDC with a network user. The XP 
machine keeps saying it cannot log because the domain is not available.

After googling for a while, we made changes to the XP registry and 
changed policies but to no avail.

Does anyone have the 'right' solution?

Thanks,

Dominique

Hi Jose,

The samba server is a 'time server' if that is what you mean. And the 
PC's time is the same.

What modification did you make in WinXP to be able to login to the server?

Dominique

On 19/11/2012 16:29, Jos? Neto wrote:
> I have the same setup here (ubuntu server 12.04 + samba 3.6.3 + win7 + 
> xp) and works flawlessly. Did you try sync the xp machine with the 
> server time?
>
> Sorry my english.
>
>
> 2012/11/19 Dominique <dcouot at hotmail.com <mailto:dcouot at
hotmail.com>>
>
>     Hi,
>
>     I am sure it has been discussed extensively somewhere, but I
>     cannot find a satisfactory solution so far.
>
>     We have a samba3 PDC running with Win7 machines (with the right
>     hacks) without problems. We have been asked to add an old WinXP
>     machine to the network but without success so far.
>
>     The setup is as follow:
>     Server : Samba 3.6.3 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
>     Clients: Win 7 Ultimate (working) & Win XP Pro with SP3 (not
working)
>
>     We joined the the WinXP machine to the domain without problems.
>     The issue arise when trying to logon to the PDC with a network
>     user. The XP machine keeps saying it cannot log because the domain
>     is not available.
>
>     After googling for a while, we made changes to the XP registry and
>     changed policies but to no avail.
>
>     Does anyone have the 'right' solution?
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     Dominique
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On 19.11.2012 16:04, Dominique wrote:
> Does anyone have the 'right' solution?
You could try to remove the computer from the domain. Verify that it is 
no longer listed in /etc/passwd and pdbedit. Rename the computer. Join 
the domain again. Sometimes it's working then. Normally, there souldn't 
be any registry hacks necessary.

If you find another solution, please post it here.