Topic: More XP/2k problems

[Jon]

I have read though this forum for about 3 days now and cannot find an answer to my problem if I have missed it I am sorry. I am trying to migrate off of a Nt 4 server to a e-smith server and I have upgraded samba tried the registry hacks and the security settings and evey time I add an XP computer to the domain its tells me to reboot and when I do I get a message that a duplicate name exist on the network I have tried removeing from the network per  Darrell May's howto from both Linux and Xp and I have renamed the box several differnt names. If anyone has any ideas please help.

[Greg Zartman]

> I am trying to migrate off of a Nt 4 server to a e-smith
> server and I have upgraded samba tried the registry hacks and

OK, backup up a step or two here.  You don't need to upgrade Samba if you are running SME 5.1.2 or SME 5.5.  The current versions work just fine with windows XP.    Remember that SME is a very customized server solution.  Unless you understand what's going on under the hood, simply upgrading a package can literally wreck a service.  If this is a new setup, I'd recommend that you reinstall and start over.

Once you have a fresh SME install, go into the server manager and access the workgroup panel.  In this panel, set your workgroup name to your domain name and set the Workgroup and Domain Controller switch to yes.   Save the settings.  This reconfigure and restart Samba.  To run a quick check on the status of Samba, open a terminal session, log in as root, and issue the following:
[root@server root]# smbclient -U% -L localhost


added interface ip=127.0.0.1 bcast=127.255.255.255 nmask=255.0.0.0
added interface ip=192.168.0.1 bcast=192.168.0.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
Domain=[LEIINC.COM] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 2.2.4]

        Sharename      Type      Comment
        ---------      ----      -------
        Primary        Disk      Primary site
        print$         Disk      Printer drivers
        company        Disk      Misc data and downloads
        ftpstorage     Disk      General FTP Storage
        management     Disk      LEI Administration
        projects       Disk      LEI Projects Repository
        IPC$           IPC       IPC Service (SME 5.5 Primary Server)
        ADMIN$         Disk      IPC Service (SME 5.5 Primary Server)

        Server               Comment
        ---------            -------
        ATHLON1
        BACKBONE
        DALLAS
        DIGITIZER
        GREG                 Windows 2000 Workstation
        MIKE
        RECEPTION
        SERVER               SME 5.5 Primary Server

        Workgroup            Master
        ---------            -------
        DEVELOPMENT          TESTBED
        LEIINC.COM           SERVER
        ZARTMAN              DIGITIZER

This report shows you what Samba sees in terms on your current MS network.

There are two critical things that need to happen when joining a windows client to a domain:

1:  You MUST be logged into the client as the administrator.

2:  When asked to authenticate joining the domain, you MUST use your SME admin account info (i.e.  username = admin, password = your admin password).

As pointed out in Darrell's Samba howto, you do need to alter the Windows XP registry prior to joining it to a Samba domain.

Good luck.

Greg