I don't think it matters too much, as long as you add that same user to both passwd and smbpasswd. Tom Veldhouse ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Jentges" <mike at jentges.net> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 9:13 PM Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Samba as a PDC for WinXP clients > > > > I just found what I was looking for. I needed > > > > domain admin group = someuser > > > > in my smb.conf. > > > > I was not able to register the computer accounts without it. Hmm, > tutorials > > are always missing something. > > I still can't! what priveleges does this user have on the box?? > > -mj > > > Tom Veldhouse > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <daritner at attbi.com> > > To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 4:36 PM > > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Samba as a PDC for WinXP clients > > > > > > > I found that samba account verification takes 3 account > > > profiles to be the same with windows 2k and above. > > > 1. The windows login > > > 2. The Samba user account > > > 3. The Unix account > > > > > > All 3 must be the same. With Win2k and up, windows > > > requires an encrypted password transaction, so to > > > accomodate this samba utilizes the unix/linux account > > > for that part. > > > > Does anybody have experience setting up Samba as a PDC for Windows XP > > > > clients? I have followed > > > > http://www1.ibm.com/servers/esdd/tutorials/samba/index.html but I am > > still > > > > stumped. I am getting authentication errors, and it seems in part to > be > > > > because it can not read the /usr/local/private/smbpasswd file. It > gets > > > > permission denied to open it. I change the attributes to world > readable > > (I > > > > know -- uck!) and it sets the attributes back and then can not access > > it. > > > > Funny it should be so self defeating. > > > > > > > > Anyway, has anybody set up one of these beasts? > > > > > > > > Tom Veldhouse > > > > veldy at veldy.net > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, > > Minnesota > > > > http://www.mn-linux.org > > > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > > > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, > > Minnesota > > > http://www.mn-linux.org > > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, > Minnesota > > http://www.mn-linux.org > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >