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Network Troublshooting => Linux Servers Support => Topic started by: majid_mah on December 02, 2003, 04:25:51 PM

Title: linux PDC (samba)
Post by: majid_mah on December 02, 2003, 04:25:51 PM

hi
i want to use linux box as a PDC .
I config smb.conf . but I can not join a windows computer to linux PDC
with this error ---> " A Domain controller for the domain esf-centlib.com could not be contacted . "
and i can not ping my linux server. ( for example ping esf-centlib.com does not work )
I am not sure that my linux box work good as a PDC .
how i can test it and how i can config smb.conf for this ?
tnx .

Title: linux PDC (samba)
Post by: Ricky on December 03, 2003, 07:30:38 AM

Well. .you should look for
http://biophys.urcrm.chel.su/linux/samba/htmldocs/Samba-PDC-HOWTO.html

And if you get stucked anywhere then ask here...

Title: linux PDC (samba)
Post by: majid_mah on December 04, 2003, 03:17:43 PM

How I can define username and password  for samba server for join client to samba server?
best regard

Title: linux PDC (samba)
Post by: majid_mah on December 04, 2003, 05:48:07 PM

hi
When I setup the PC and join the domain, it gives me the 'Welcome to the Domain'
message.
Then when I reboot and attempt to login with a domain user, I get refused with the
'Windows cannot connect to the domain,.....' error.
I don't know what is the problem.
tnx

Title: linux PDC (samba)
Post by: Ricky on December 05, 2003, 10:55:18 AM

What are your clients.. WinXP or win98 ?

Title: linux PDC (samba)
Post by: majid_mah on December 05, 2003, 12:45:31 PM

My clients are win XP

Title: linux PDC (samba)
Post by: Ricky on December 05, 2003, 03:07:31 PM

Then r u sure that you have configured xp correctly to connect to that domain and also make sure that samba is running on your linux box as PDC configured..  

Well from fist instance it looks like you have not correctly configured the XP.

Title: linux PDC (samba)
Post by: majid_mah on December 06, 2003, 04:34:25 AM

My clients get ip from linux ( from dhcp)
and i can join client to the PDC
i thing because i write the ip's PDC ( Linux pdc ) in hosts file in win xp i can not login in the domain after restart computer . ( without write ip to this file i can not ping linux pdc )
what do you think?
and what i must to do for win xp ?