Ray
I've installed the XP reg file but again got the message that the user admin is unknown. I can join the XP box to the workgroup in about 2 seconds, but it is the joining the domain that always fails. Now I had this problem in 5.6 and 6.0 as well. I found a HowTo that detailed adding a user 'root' and amending the smb.conf via templates etc, with a promise that I would get the 'Welcome to the domain' message - I didn't!
Below is the content of my smb.conf as requested.
I have 3 XP boxes, and all report the same 'User unknown'.
In joining the domain, I have tried both the admin/password method and the AHRC\admin /password style in the hope that it would force it to look to the AHRC domain for validation (AHRC being the domain name).
The 'admin user' I take it is the same one that is created at the time of installation of the SME server. I looked in smbpasswd and admin certainly exists. I tried 'root' as per the HowTo but that fails too. Given that I am doing this install for a local environmental group(free) it is frustrating to be stuck on such a small portion of the project. If you have any ideas I would be very gratefull.
regards
john
#---------------------------
# DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It is updated automatically by the
# SME Server software. Instead, modify the source template in
# an /etc/e-smith/templates-custom directory. For more
# information, see
http://www.e-smith.org/custom/# copyright (C) 1999-2003 Mitel Networks Corporation
#---------------------------
[global]
add machine script = /sbin/e-smith/signal-event machine-account-create '%u'
admin users = admin
bind interfaces only = no
case sensitive = no
deadtime = 10080
display charset = ISO8859-1
dns proxy = no
domain logons = yes
domain master = yes
dos charset = 850
encrypt passwords = yes
guest account = public
guest ok = no
hosts allow = 127.0.0.1 10.1.1.0/255.255.255.0
interfaces = 127.0.0.1 10.1.1.3/255.255.255.0
kernel oplocks = true
level2 oplocks = true
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
logon path =
logon script = netlogon.bat
map to guest = never
max log size = 50
name resolve order = wins lmhosts bcast
netbios name = ahrcserver
oplocks = true
os level = 65
passdb backend = smbpasswd:/etc/samba/smbpasswd
pid directory = /var/run
preserve case = yes
printer admin = admin
security = user
server string = SME Server
short preserve case = yes
smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
socket options = TCP_NODELAY
strict locking = no
unix charset = ISO8859-1
unix password sync = Yes
pam password change = Yes
wins support = yes
workgroup = AHRC
printcap name = /etc/printcap
load printers = yes
printing = lprng
print command = /usr/bin/lpr -b -h -r -P%p %s
[homes]
comment = Home directory
browseable = no
guest ok = no
read only = no
writable = yes
printable = no
create mode = 0660
force create mode = 0660
directory mode = 0770
force directory mode = 0770
path = /home/e-smith/files/users/%S/home
[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no
guest ok = no
writable = no
printable = yes
use client driver = yes
[netlogon]
comment = Network Logon Service
path = /home/e-smith/files/samba/netlogon
guest ok = yes
writable = yes
browseable = no
[print$]
comment = Printer drivers
path = /home/e-smith/files/samba/printers
guest ok = yes
browsable = yes
writable = yes
use client driver = yes
[Primary]
comment = Primary i-bay
path = /home/e-smith/files/ibays/Primary
read only = no
writable = yes
printable = no
inherit permissions = yes
create mode = 0640
>>>plus some more shares i have omitted here <<<
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