> I will never have that fucking message...
Like you, when I couldn't get my W2K machine to logon to the e-smith domain originally, I was fairly dissappointed (yes, dissappointed but not totally unprepared for it because, I can remember back when NT 4 PCs could not logon to samba servers either).
> Windows 2000 doesnt care if you did the Service Pack update... it doesnt care
> if you try to join a domain at first boot or when you are installing it... it doesnt
> care of any drivers...
Aahh yes, W2K doesn't care.... but then again, we're not talking about a W2K or an NT 4 Domain either now are we ....
In any case, if you read my post properly, I did not say you HAD to do it this way. I only said that this is the way I did it.
> I just reinstalled my network !! and properly...
>
> What I am trying to say is that something is missing on the server side.. It's not
> working any better now.
And I have no reason to not believe you.
> I dont think the Service Pack upgrade does anything in the domain problem.
Yes it does. If you are using SP2, you MUST use the latest samba upgrade, and yes, I know you have put it in.
> Neither when you are trying to join it..
Cannot confirm this. Like I said, this is NOT a W2K or NT 4 PDC. My first post clearly indicated that my original W2K machine had absolutely no problems loging on to either an NT 4 PDC or a W2K Server. However, it will not log on to the e-smith server even after the samba upgrade not matter which How-To I followed. It wasn't until I reformatted and reinstalled W2K that it successfully logs on to e-smith now (Without changing e-smith in anyway since my initial failed attempts).
> I think I'm gonna install a NT4 PDC and try to connect my computer to it.. if it
> works, it's a samba or e-smith problem...
Oh, I'm pretty sure it's a samba issue (Samba team, please don't flame me). Considering Microsoft was never too open or forthcoming with the internal workings of their networking system to begin with, it's just about a miracle at all that you are even able to connect and share files from a Linux PC let alone make it emulate a domain controller - hats off to you Samba team. After all why should W2K's logon pre-SP2 be any different to it's logon after SP2, yet it is ......
All I can say is persistence and patience worked for me. That is not to say that it will for you, of course, but a little bit of both really does not hurt.