[H-GEN] samba computer domain accounts and XP pro

[Harry Phillips]

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Tony Nugent wrote:
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> I'm trying to get some winXP pro boxes to become full members of a
> domain where the PDC is a samba server for a mixed w98se (mostly),
> nt, and w2k (rarely) environment.  (This is my first taste of using
> xp pro in a samba network, so I'm getting rapidly educated:)
> 
> This is rh7.3 using an ldap-enabled samba-2.2.7-3.7.3 (ldap in
> nsswitch, working fine btw).
> 
> Is there a trick to getting xp to work as a domain client with samba
> as the PDC?  Am I missing something... should it "just work" as
> advertised?  Or does something specific need to be tweaked on the xp
> and/or samba boxes?
> 

Check out http://ranger.dnsalias.com/mandrake/muo/connect/csamba6.html

It has the changes you need to make to the smb.conf file and the 
directions to follow on the XP box.

-- 
Regards,
Harry Phillips
--- Failure is not an option,
     it comes bundled with your Microsoft product.


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