From fbe0299e54df9173859182fad0071c7a3217b403 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David O'Neill
Comments here about W2K joining the domain apply only to Samba 2.2 from the CVS after November 27th. The 'snapshot' release Samba2.2alpha1 does not work !!! See below on how to get a CVS tree.
Known Bug !W2K machines will not successfully join a domain with a name that + is made up from an even number of characters. Yep, thats right ! BIOTEST is OK as is MYDOMAI + but MYDOMAIN will not work until this bug is fixed. Hmm.., we believe + that this bug is fixed, but see below.
Known Bug !After some bugs were fixed just before + Christmas, W2K SP1 machines cannot join the domain. Expected to be + fixed early in the new year. Whats that ? yeah, samba developers + have a Christmas break too !
Know Bug !NTs (and possibly W2K ?) are not told the logged on user is a domain + admin if the parameter "domain admin users = user" is used. The alternative, "domain admin group" + does work. See the HowTo.
Client Side creation of Machine accounts does work but is not complete.
Firstly, the Introduction
/usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd. Under
some circumstances these entries are made manually, the
This is the same basic problem as mentioned above, "You already have a connection...""The machine account for this computer either does not exist or is not accessable."
How do I create machine accounts manually ?
I cannot include a '$' in a machine name.
I get told "You already have a connection to the Domain...." when creating a
machine account.
I get told "Cannot join domain, the credentials supplied conflict
with an existing set.."
net time \\server /set /yes replacing server with the name of your PDC (or another synchronized SMB server). See about Setting Time
[netlogon]share. The file is created with a policy editor and must be readable by anyone and writeable by only root. See below for how to get a suitable editor.
share and must be readable by everyone and writeable by only root. The file must be created by an NTServer Policy Editor.
sleepy$. It would have to be created manually.
See how Scott Merrill simulates a BDC behaviour at + http://www.skippy.net/linux/smb-howto.html.
Although 2.0.7 has almost had its day as a PDC, I (drb) will
keep the 2.0.7 PDC pages at How do I get help from the mailing lists ?
How do I get off the mailing lists ?