Samba - Joins Domain, Winbox reboots and "cant find domain controller"

[elfking]

I have one Redhat 7.3 machine and one XP machine.
Finally set up the machine account and usernames and passwords, for the users on the xp machine to be the same user/pass on the samba machine....

when I go to login it gives me "The trust relationship between this workstaiton and the primary domain failed." i have no clue what I have to do to change that... my guess would be a user privilages need to be changed.... but im basically clueless..

[cowanrl]

Has your XP machine joined the domain successfully? Sometimes that can be a tricky process. Also, there is a registry hack you have to make to get your XP machine to participate in the Samba domain successfully.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM
\CurrentControlSet\Services\netlogon
\parameters
That should be all one line but I couldn't get it to come out right in this edit box.
In that key, you need to create this parameter(don't know if that's the right MS terminology or not)
"RequireSignOrSeal"=dword:00000000


It'd help if you posted your /etc/samba/smb.conf file here.

Also, I assume you are using XP Professional?

[elfking]

what do the windows hacks do and why are they needed?

[global]

# workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name
workgroup = worldoflinux

# server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field
server string = Samba

# This option is important for security. It allows you to restrict
# connections to machines which are on your local network. The
# following example restricts access to two C class networks and
# the "loopback" interface. For more examples of the syntax see
# the smb.conf man page
hosts allow = 192.168.1.

# if you want to automatically load your printer list rather
# than setting them up individually then you'll need this
printcap name = /etc/printcap
load printers = yes

# It should not be necessary to spell out the print system type unless
# yours is non-standard. Currently supported print systems include:
# bsd, sysv, plp, lprng, aix, hpux, qnx
printing = lprng

# Uncomment this if you want a guest account, you must add this to /etc/passwd
# otherwise the user "nobody" is used
; guest account = pcguest

# this tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine
# that connects
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log

# Put a capping on the size of the log files (in Kb).
max log size = 0

# Security mode. Most people will want user level security. See
# security_level.txt for details.
security = domain

# Use password server option only with security = server
# The argument list may include:
# password server = My_PDC_Name [My_BDC_Name] [My_Next_BDC_Name]
# or to auto-locate the domain controller/s
# password server = *
; password server = <NT-Server-Name>

# Password Level allows matching of _n_ characters of the password for
# all combinations of upper and lower case.
; password level = 8
; username level = 8

# You may wish to use password encryption. Please read
# ENCRYPTION.txt, Win95.txt and WinNT.txt in the Samba documentation.
# Do not enable this option unless you have read those documents
encrypt passwords = yes
smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd

# The following is needed to keep smbclient from spouting spurious errors
# when Samba is built with support for SSL.
; ssl CA certFile = /usr/share/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt

# The following are needed to allow password changing from Windows to
# update the Linux sytsem password also.
# NOTE: Use these with 'encrypt passwords' and 'smb passwd file' above.
# NOTE2: You do NOT need these to allow workstations to change only
# the encrypted SMB passwords. They allow the Unix password
# to be kept in sync with the SMB password.
unix password sync = Yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*success fully*

# You can use PAM's password change control flag for Samba. If
# enabled, then PAM will be used for password changes when requested
# by an SMB client instead of the program listed in passwd program.
# It should be possible to enable this without changing your passwd
# chat parameter for most setups.

pam password change = yes

# Unix users can map to different SMB User names
; username map = /etc/samba/smbusers

# Using the following line enables you to customise your configuration
# on a per machine basis. The %m gets replaced with the netbios name
# of the machine that is connecting
; include = /etc/samba/smb.conf.%m

# This parameter will control whether or not Samba should obey PAM's
# account and session management directives. The default behavior is
# to use PAM for clear text authentication only and to ignore any
# account or session management. Note that Samba always ignores PAM
# for authentication in the case of encrypt passwords = yes

obey pam restrictions = yes

# Most people will find that this option gives better performance.
# See speed.txt and the manual pages for details
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192

# Configure Samba to use multiple interfaces
# If you have multiple network interfaces then you must list them
# here. See the man page for details.
; interfaces = 192.168.12.2/24 192.168.13.2/24

# Configure remote browse list synchronisation here
# request announcement to, or browse list sync from:
# a specific host or from / to a whole subnet (see below)
; remote browse sync = 192.168.3.25 192.168.5.255
# Cause this host to announce itself to local subnets here
; remote announce = 192.168.1.255 192.168.2.44

# Browser Control Options:
# set local master to no if you don't want Samba to become a master
# browser on your network. Otherwise the normal election rules apply
; local master = no

# OS Level determines the precedence of this server in master browser
# elections. The default value should be reasonable
os level = 64

# Domain Master specifies Samba to be the Domain Master Browser. This
# allows Samba to collate browse lists between subnets. Don't use this
# if you already have a Windows NT domain controller doing this job
domain master = yes

# Preferred Master causes Samba to force a local browser election on startup
# and gives it a slightly higher chance of winning the election
preferred master = yes

# Enable this if you want Samba to be a domain logon server for
# Windows95 workstations.
domain logons = yes

# if you enable domain logons then you may want a per-machine or
# per user logon script
# run a specific logon batch file per workstation (machine)
; logon script = %m.bat
# run a specific logon batch file per username
; logon script = %U.bat

# Where to store roving profiles (only for Win95 and WinNT)
# %L substitutes for this servers netbios name, %U is username
# You must uncomment the [Profiles] share below
logon path = \\%N\profiles\%U
logon drive = H:\
logon home = \\homeserver\%u

# Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section:
# WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable it's WINS Server
; wins support = yes

# WINS Server - Tells the NMBD components of Samba to be a WINS Client
# Note: Samba can be either a WINS Server, or a WINS Client, but NOT both
; wins server = w.x.y.z

# WINS Proxy - Tells Samba to answer name resolution queries on
# behalf of a non WINS capable client, for this to work there must be
# at least one WINS Server on the network. The default is NO.
; wins proxy = yes

# DNS Proxy - tells Samba whether or not to try to resolve NetBIOS names
# via DNS nslookups. The built-in default for versions 1.9.17 is yes,
# this has been changed in version 1.9.18 to no.
dns proxy = no

# Case Preservation can be handy - system default is _no_
# NOTE: These can be set on a per share basis
; preserve case = no
; short preserve case = no
# Default case is normally upper case for all DOS files
; default case = lower
# Be very careful with case sensitivity - it can break things!
; case sensitive = no

#============================ Share Definitions ==============================
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
writable = yes
valid users = %S
create mode = 0664
directory mode = 0775
# If you want users samba doesn't recognize to be mapped to a guest user
; map to guest = bad user


# Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain Logons
; [netlogon]
comment = Network Logon Service
path = /home/netlogon
read only = yes
write list = root


# Un-comment the following to provide a specific roving profile share
# the default is to use the user's home directory
;[Profiles]
path = /home/ntprofiles
read only = no
create mask = 0600
directory mask = 0700
nt acl support = yes


# NOTE: If you have a BSD-style print system there is no need to
# specifically define each individual printer
[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no

guest ok = no
writable = no
printable = yes

[tmp]
comment = Temporary file space
path = /tmp
read only = no
public = yes

[elfking]

I went back through, figured out that the [profiles] / [netlogon] things had been commented out, I got the content, but not the [blah] things uncommented... did that...restarted samba and now it says "the system cannot log you on now because the domain WORLDOFLINUX is not available."

[elfking]

Alright... now it logs in, but it makes windows restart, so maybe I have something wrong with the profiles thing. becuase it cant find a profile windows bails and restarts? Im so confused =(

[elfking]

Alright, im in, it seemed to work what I did to make it work was comment out the profiles and in global, the whole "storing roving proviles" but id like to use it if I can. If anyone can help me make profiles work and store on the linux box, that would be great... Im trying to make linux replace novell, and I need it working to try and convence the company =D Im trying to make everything I can work in connection between Samba and Windows... we run windows 2000 mostly here, but im using my laptop to demo it. ...

[jumpedintothefire]

Off the top of my head....

Is this machine a member of the domain or the PDC??

security = domain

is for a machine that is not a PDC but a member of a domain.

If this machine is acting as a PDC then you'll want

security = user

Hope this helps....

[elfking]

what does PDC stand for?

[jumpedintothefire]

Primary Domain Controller, the thing that makes a windows domain.....

[elfking]

Yeah, i want it to be the primary domain controller, my machine logs in now, but id like it to store the profiles for everyone as in the stuff that I commented out. not entirely sure what its used for but im trying to learn, =D

[jumpedintothefire]

You should have the howto in:

/usr/share/doc/samba-version/docs/htmldocs/Samba-PDC-HOWTO.html

All the info you need is in there... along with a sample smb.conf file with examples, links and more helpful info.

[cowanrl]

Read through some of the other threads in this forum that are active right now. There's one that gives detailed instructions on setting up your Samba server as a PDC. There's also one that solves the problems of Windows rebooting when accessing Samba.