[K12OSN] Joining XP system to Samba

[Bert Rolston]

Hi Joe,

I know this isn't exactly what is required but it worked for some NT
boxes I had.

Add the other XP specific suggestions and you should get the desired
result.

Keep this in mind. I did this on my home machine, which is behind a
firewall.

1) I disabled the firewall on the server (see note above). I know that
SMB uses a particular port, but can't remember it / can't be bothered
finding out which one it is at present.

2) I added the following line/s to the smb.conf file. This is for samba
2.x.x (thanks to one of the other list users)

#!!!! one line added for XP Pro
    add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g machines -c
'Machine Account' -s /bin/false -M %u

This allowed the NTW machines to see mine.

I use WEBMIN a lot for admin purposes. It has all of the tools in one
place. As an ex-novell CNA I appreciate this.

There is a Samba Machine accounts module available for Webmin now. I've
used it and it seems to work well. 

HTH

Bert

On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 05:40, Joe Faletra wrote:
> Ok folks this one is making me nuts.  I am trying to join and XP system
> to a Samba domain.  I am using K12LTSP running samba,  Here is the
> smb.conf:
> 
> # Date: 2004/05/14 10:12:23
>  
> # Global parameters
> [global]
>         os level = 32
>         workgroup = NEWFIELDS
>         domain logons = Yes
>         dns proxy = No
>         passwd program = /usr/sbin/passwd %u
>         socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
>         local master = yes
>         netbios name = k12ltsp
>         ldap ssl = no
>         max log size = 50
>         logon home = \\k12ltsp\%U
>         min passwd length = 2
>         pam password change = yes
>         log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
>         security = domain
>         unix password sync = yes
>         domain master = yes
>         wins support = true
>         encrypt passwords = yes
>         logon drive = h://
>  
> [homes]
>         comment = Home Directories
>         read only = No
>         browseable = No
>         writable = yes
>         valid users = %S
>         create mode = 0600
>         directory mode = 0700
>         logon home = \\k12ltsp\%U
>         hide files = /*.pst/
>