From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Oct 20 22: 7:49 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49CF437B401 for ; Sun, 20 Oct 2002 22:07:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from shockwave.systems.pipex.net (shockwave.systems.pipex.net [62.241.160.9]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7912C43E42 for ; Sun, 20 Oct 2002 22:07:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from stacey@Demon.vickiandstacey.com) Received: from Demon (81-86-129-77.dsl.pipex.com [81.86.129.77]) by shockwave.systems.pipex.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0A6B16000B26; Mon, 21 Oct 2002 06:07:43 +0100 (BST) Subject: Re: samba PDC for WIN2K clients? From: Stacey Roberts Reply-To: sroberts@dsl.pipex.com To: Andrew Boothman Cc: sroberts@dsl.pipex.com, FreeBSD Questions In-Reply-To: <3DB35946.4070908@cream.org> References: <1035155219.539.2.camel@Demon.vickiandstacey.com> <3DB35946.4070908@cream.org> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-tZP4mN1ChAXMXzyjTI7d" X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 21 Oct 2002 06:07:44 +0100 Message-Id: <1035176866.539.6.camel@Demon.vickiandstacey.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --=-tZP4mN1ChAXMXzyjTI7d Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Andrew, Thanks for getting back to me. I tried getting the machine account added to smbpasswd file, but this fails: # smbpasswd -m -n -a LDAPS option set...! fetch_ldap_pw: no ldap secret retrieved! ldap_connect_system: Failed to retrieve password for from secrets.tdb LDAPS option set...! fetch_ldap_pw: no ldap secret retrieved! ldap_connect_system: Failed to retrieve password for from secrets.tdb Failed to add entry for user . Failed to modify password entry for user #=20 Is the syntax for adding the account correct here? Thanks again, hope to hear from you again soon. Stacey On Mon, 2002-10-21 at 02:32, Andrew Boothman wrote: > Stacey Roberts wrote: > > Hello,=20 > > I've got 2 WIN2K Pro workstations on my home lan that I'd like to > > enable network logon for. I've been banging my head against a wall for > > the last four hours trying to get this sorted, but to no avail.=20 > >=20 > > I keep getting the same error when trying to enter the Domain name into > > the "WORKGROUP" field in Win2K network properties:=20 > >=20 > > "The following error occured validating the name "my_domainname", This > > condition may be caused by a DNS lookup problem. For more information > > about troubleshooting common DNS lookup problems see the following > > Microsoft blah., blah.., blah..,=20 > >=20 > > The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted". >=20 > Have you added machine accounts to the FreeBSD box for the client boxes? >=20 > You need machine accounts that look like clientname$ (dollar sign at=20 > end) added both as local accounts and then again with smbpasswd passing=20 > whatever the appropriate switch is to create a machine account. >=20 > I have a FreeBSD box here acting as a PDC so we should be able to find=20 > the problem. >=20 > Andrew. >=20 >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message --=20 Stacey Roberts B.Sc (HONS) Computer Science Web: www.vickiandstacey.com --=-tZP4mN1ChAXMXzyjTI7d Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.8 iQEVAwUAPbOLn5vQeubckvvXAQHSgAf9FvoKYlVVSGaqTKMOUFZhed0aztoDxrhf 912nJrMkPekDgU21VVmxmbSjCG+F5QNuwpw2Gwqob8jHqBC/sl5uohP+DnNruRnV Vn1SQHjJO/eQKDM7XIRK+zSgXgmpZ5wmGzbcdm1oWjFVRZHG1QjybJd6AK1Fz1/W Yn23ofFrTpmULqsdB15v7UKBetYHPJZEu0I4mhIj24ne/u1eYagfdWQZXQLmjf3z HHXtFCnFaTGM7BKR1FdozKbgr0TH0fLypLYGPd7hsNnNNisiF/Qt8ysSASKDugVC iqlbJ4ukspdmuCZvRRTnNeT6Kw0PFWtlX5UUlWE88PnTWopCd/WApA== =LoAJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-tZP4mN1ChAXMXzyjTI7d-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message