I am kind of in a crunch to get this running and didn't have the time to investigate doing SMB/LDAP. I guess that method would have many benefits.. Ronald R. McDaniel Conecuh County Schools (251) 578-7073 x26 (251) 230-0658 cell <A href="mailto:rmcdaniel@indata.us">rmcdaniel@indata.us</A> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 8px; MARGIN-LEFT: 8px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [K12OSN] samba admin account problem From: "David Trask" <dtrask@vcsvikings.org> Date: Thu, August 04, 2005 10:07 pm To: "Support list for opensource software in schools." <k12osn@redhat.com> "Support list for opensource software in schools." <k12osn@redhat.com> on Thursday, August 4, 2005 at 6:55 PM +0000 wrote: >I know that this is going to seem quite simple, but for some reason this >stumps me over and over. When I am setting up samba as a PDC, I use the >command "smbpasswd -a root" to use the root account as the account to >allow windoze machines to join the domain. I am using the create machine >account script in smb.conf to auto add the machine account to samba. >When I try the first one, I get the message that the username or password >is invalid. Can someone tell me what I am missing? > > >Thanks so much, Whoops! Suddenly I realized that you're not using Samba/LDAP, but plain 'ol Samba...sorry....disregard my other post. :-( Been so long since I did plain 'ol Samba...I've forgotten how. One thing I remember is that unless the pendulum has swung back the other way...you need to use the "Administrator" account to join machines to the domain. It used to be root...then it became Administrator....we put it back to "root" in smbldap, but it may still be Administrator in regular Samba. David N. Trask Technology Teacher/Coordinator Vassalboro Community School dtrask@vcsvikings.org (207)923-3100 _______________________________________________ K12OSN mailing list K12OSN@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn For more info see <http://www.k12os.org> </BLOCKQUOTE>