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@@ -104,57 +104,57 @@ HREF="#AEN27"
></DT
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN48"
+HREF="#AEN50"
>Introduction</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
>2. <A
-HREF="#AEN53"
+HREF="#AEN55"
>General Information</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN55"
+HREF="#AEN57"
>What can we do ?</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN57"
+HREF="#AEN59"
>What can Samba Primary Domain Controller (PDC) do ?</A
></DT
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN90"
+HREF="#AEN92"
>Can I have a Windows 2000 client logon to a Samba controlled domain?</A
></DT
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN93"
+HREF="#AEN95"
>What's the status of print spool (spoolss) support in the NTDOM code?</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN96"
+HREF="#AEN98"
>CVS</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN99"
+HREF="#AEN101"
>What are the different Samba branches available in CVS ?</A
></DT
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN122"
+HREF="#AEN124"
>What are the CVS commands ?</A
></DT
></DL
@@ -163,58 +163,58 @@ HREF="#AEN122"
></DD
><DT
>3. <A
-HREF="#AEN153"
+HREF="#AEN155"
>Establishing Connections</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN155"
+HREF="#AEN157"
></A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN157"
+HREF="#AEN159"
>How do I get my NT4 or W2000 Workstation to login to the Samba controlled Domain?</A
></DT
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN162"
+HREF="#AEN164"
>What is a 'machine account' ?</A
></DT
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN169"
+HREF="#AEN171"
>"The machine account for this computer either does not exist or is not accessable."</A
></DT
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN175"
+HREF="#AEN177"
>How do I create machine accounts manually ?</A
></DT
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN188"
+HREF="#AEN190"
>I cannot include a '$' in a machine name.</A
></DT
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN194"
+HREF="#AEN196"
>I get told "You already have a connection to the Domain...." when creating a
machine account.</A
></DT
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN198"
+HREF="#AEN200"
>I get told "Cannot join domain, the credentials supplied conflict
with an existing set.."</A
></DT
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN202"
+HREF="#AEN204"
>"The system can not log you on (C000019B)...."</A
></DT
></DL
@@ -223,93 +223,93 @@ HREF="#AEN202"
></DD
><DT
>4. <A
-HREF="#AEN206"
+HREF="#AEN208"
>User Account Management</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN208"
+HREF="#AEN210"
>Domain Admins</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN210"
+HREF="#AEN212"
>How do I configure an account as a domain administrator?</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN214"
+HREF="#AEN216"
>Profiles</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN216"
+HREF="#AEN218"
>Why is it bad to set "logon path = \\%N\%U\profile" in smb.conf? ?</A
></DT
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN230"
+HREF="#AEN232"
>Why are all the users listed in the "domain admin users" using the same profile?</A
></DT
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN233"
+HREF="#AEN235"
>The roaming profiles do not seem to be updating on the server.</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN241"
+HREF="#AEN243"
>Policies</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN243"
+HREF="#AEN245"
>What are 'Policies' ?.</A
></DT
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN250"
+HREF="#AEN252"
>I can't get system policies to work.</A
></DT
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN264"
+HREF="#AEN266"
>What about Windows NT Policy Editor ?</A
></DT
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN278"
+HREF="#AEN280"
>Can Win95 do Policies ?</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN284"
+HREF="#AEN286"
>Passwords</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN286"
+HREF="#AEN288"
>What is password sync and should I use it ?</A
></DT
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN299"
+HREF="#AEN301"
>How do I get remote password (unix and SMB) changing working ?</A
></DT
></DL
@@ -318,41 +318,41 @@ HREF="#AEN299"
></DD
><DT
>5. <A
-HREF="#AEN305"
+HREF="#AEN307"
>Miscellaneous</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN307"
+HREF="#AEN309"
></A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN309"
+HREF="#AEN311"
>What editor can I use in DOS/Windows that won't mess with my unix EOF</A
></DT
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN322"
+HREF="#AEN324"
>How do I get 'User Manager' and 'Server Manager'</A
></DT
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN337"
+HREF="#AEN339"
>The time setting from a Samba server does not work.</A
></DT
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN341"
+HREF="#AEN343"
>"trust account xxx should be in DOMAIN_GROUP_RID_USERS"</A
></DT
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN345"
+HREF="#AEN347"
>How do I get my samba server to become a member ( not PDC ) of an NT domain?</A
></DT
></DL
@@ -361,51 +361,51 @@ HREF="#AEN345"
></DD
><DT
>6. <A
-HREF="#AEN380"
+HREF="#AEN382"
>Troubleshooting and Bug Reporting</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN382"
+HREF="#AEN384"
>Diagnostic tools</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN384"
+HREF="#AEN386"
>What are some diagnostics tools I can use to debug the domain logon process and where can I
find them?</A
></DT
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN398"
+HREF="#AEN400"
>How do I install 'Network Monitor' on an NT Workstation or a Windows 9x box?</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN427"
+HREF="#AEN429"
>What other help can I get ?</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN430"
+HREF="#AEN432"
>URLs and similar</A
></DT
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN479"
+HREF="#AEN481"
>How do I get help from the mailing lists ?</A
></DT
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN508"
+HREF="#AEN510"
>How do I get off the mailing lists ?</A
></DT
></DL
@@ -445,7 +445,16 @@ CLASS="COMMAND"
>Known Bug !</B
>W2K machines will not successfully join a domain with a name that
is made up from an even number of characters. Yep, thats right ! BIOTEST is OK as is MYDOMAI
- but MYDOMAIN will not work until this bug is fixed.</P
+ but MYDOMAIN will not work until this bug is fixed. Hmm.., we believe
+ that this bug is fixed, but see below.</P
+><P
+><B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>Known Bug !</B
+>After some bugs were fixed just before
+ Christmas, W2K SP1 machines cannot join the domain. Expected to be
+ fixed early in the new year. Whats that ? yeah, samba developers
+ have a Christmas break too !</P
><P
><B
CLASS="COMMAND"
@@ -509,7 +518,7 @@ CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN48"
+NAME="AEN50"
>Introduction</A
></H1
><P
@@ -530,7 +539,7 @@ NAME="AEN48"
CLASS="CHAPTER"
><HR><H1
><A
-NAME="AEN53"
+NAME="AEN55"
>Chapter 2. General Information</A
></H1
><DIV
@@ -538,7 +547,7 @@ CLASS="SECT1"
><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN55"
+NAME="AEN57"
>What can we do ?</A
></H1
><DIV
@@ -546,7 +555,7 @@ CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN57"
+NAME="AEN59"
>What can Samba Primary Domain Controller (PDC) do ?</A
></H2
><P
@@ -631,7 +640,7 @@ CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN90"
+NAME="AEN92"
>Can I have a Windows 2000 client logon to a Samba controlled domain?</A
></H2
><P
@@ -644,7 +653,7 @@ CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN93"
+NAME="AEN95"
>What's the status of print spool (spoolss) support in the NTDOM code?</A
></H2
><P
@@ -658,7 +667,7 @@ CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN96"
+NAME="AEN98"
>CVS</A
></H1
><P
@@ -670,7 +679,7 @@ CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN99"
+NAME="AEN101"
>What are the different Samba branches available in CVS ?</A
></H2
><P
@@ -743,7 +752,7 @@ CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN122"
+NAME="AEN124"
>What are the CVS commands ?</A
></H2
><P
@@ -830,7 +839,7 @@ CLASS="COMMAND"
CLASS="CHAPTER"
><HR><H1
><A
-NAME="AEN153"
+NAME="AEN155"
>Chapter 3. Establishing Connections</A
></H1
><DIV
@@ -838,7 +847,7 @@ CLASS="SECT1"
><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN155"
+NAME="AEN157"
></A
></H1
><DIV
@@ -846,7 +855,7 @@ CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN157"
+NAME="AEN159"
>How do I get my NT4 or W2000 Workstation to login to the Samba controlled Domain?</A
></H2
><P
@@ -867,7 +876,7 @@ CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN162"
+NAME="AEN164"
>What is a 'machine account' ?</A
></H2
><P
@@ -881,7 +890,7 @@ CLASS="FILENAME"
>/usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd</TT
>. Under
some circumstances these entries are made <A
-HREF="#AEN175"
+HREF="#AEN177"
>manually</A
>, the
<A
@@ -895,7 +904,7 @@ CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN169"
+NAME="AEN171"
>"The machine account for this computer either does not exist or is not accessable."</A
></H2
><P
@@ -924,7 +933,7 @@ CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN175"
+NAME="AEN177"
>How do I create machine accounts manually ?</A
></H2
><P
@@ -969,7 +978,7 @@ CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN188"
+NAME="AEN190"
>I cannot include a '$' in a machine name.</A
></H2
><P
@@ -993,7 +1002,7 @@ CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN194"
+NAME="AEN196"
>I get told "You already have a connection to the Domain...." when creating a
machine account.</A
></H2
@@ -1013,13 +1022,13 @@ CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN198"
+NAME="AEN200"
>I get told "Cannot join domain, the credentials supplied conflict
with an existing set.."</A
></H2
><P
>This is the same basic problem as mentioned above, <A
-HREF="#AEN194"
+HREF="#AEN196"
> "You already have a connection..."</A
></P
></DIV
@@ -1028,7 +1037,7 @@ CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN202"
+NAME="AEN204"
>"The system can not log you on (C000019B)...."</A
></H2
><P
@@ -1048,7 +1057,7 @@ NAME="AEN202"
CLASS="CHAPTER"
><HR><H1
><A
-NAME="AEN206"
+NAME="AEN208"
>Chapter 4. User Account Management</A
></H1
><DIV
@@ -1056,7 +1065,7 @@ CLASS="SECT1"
><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN208"
+NAME="AEN210"
>Domain Admins</A
></H1
><DIV
@@ -1064,7 +1073,7 @@ CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN210"
+NAME="AEN212"
>How do I configure an account as a domain administrator?</A
></H2
><P
@@ -1080,7 +1089,7 @@ CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN214"
+NAME="AEN216"
>Profiles</A
></H1
><DIV
@@ -1088,7 +1097,7 @@ CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN216"
+NAME="AEN218"
>Why is it bad to set "logon path = \\%N\%U\profile" in smb.conf? ?</A
></H2
><P
@@ -1135,7 +1144,7 @@ CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN230"
+NAME="AEN232"
>Why are all the users listed in the "domain admin users" using the same profile?</A
></H2
><P
@@ -1146,7 +1155,7 @@ CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN233"
+NAME="AEN235"
>The roaming profiles do not seem to be updating on the server.</A
></H2
><P
@@ -1158,7 +1167,7 @@ CLASS="COMMAND"
>net time \\server /set /yes</B
> replacing server with the
name of your PDC (or another synchronized SMB server). See <A
-HREF="#AEN337"
+HREF="#AEN339"
> about Setting Time</A
></P
><P
@@ -1176,7 +1185,7 @@ CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN241"
+NAME="AEN243"
>Policies</A
></H1
><DIV
@@ -1184,7 +1193,7 @@ CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN243"
+NAME="AEN245"
>What are 'Policies' ?.</A
></H2
><P
@@ -1202,7 +1211,7 @@ CLASS="COMMAND"
>[netlogon]</B
>share. The file is created with a policy editor
and must be readable by anyone and writeable by only root. See <A
-HREF="#AEN264"
+HREF="#AEN266"
> below</A
> for how to get a suitable editor.</P
></DIV
@@ -1211,7 +1220,7 @@ CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN250"
+NAME="AEN252"
>I can't get system policies to work.</A
></H2
><P
@@ -1233,7 +1242,7 @@ CLASS="COMMAND"
> share and must be
readable by everyone and writeable by only root. The file must be created
by an NTServer <A
-HREF="#AEN264"
+HREF="#AEN266"
>Policy Editor</A
>.</P
><P
@@ -1270,7 +1279,7 @@ CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN264"
+NAME="AEN266"
>What about Windows NT Policy Editor ?</A
></H2
><P
@@ -1332,7 +1341,7 @@ CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN278"
+NAME="AEN280"
>Can Win95 do Policies ?</A
></H2
><P
@@ -1357,7 +1366,7 @@ CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN284"
+NAME="AEN286"
>Passwords</A
></H1
><DIV
@@ -1365,7 +1374,7 @@ CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN286"
+NAME="AEN288"
>What is password sync and should I use it ?</A
></H2
><P
@@ -1414,7 +1423,7 @@ CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN299"
+NAME="AEN301"
>How do I get remote password (unix and SMB) changing working ?</A
></H2
><P
@@ -1444,7 +1453,7 @@ CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
CLASS="CHAPTER"
><HR><H1
><A
-NAME="AEN305"
+NAME="AEN307"
>Chapter 5. Miscellaneous</A
></H1
><DIV
@@ -1452,7 +1461,7 @@ CLASS="SECT1"
><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN307"
+NAME="AEN309"
></A
></H1
><DIV
@@ -1460,7 +1469,7 @@ CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN309"
+NAME="AEN311"
>What editor can I use in DOS/Windows that won't mess with my unix EOF</A
></H2
><P
@@ -1500,7 +1509,7 @@ CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN322"
+NAME="AEN324"
>How do I get 'User Manager' and 'Server Manager'</A
></H2
><P
@@ -1548,7 +1557,7 @@ CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN337"
+NAME="AEN339"
>The time setting from a Samba server does not work.</A
></H2
><P
@@ -1565,7 +1574,7 @@ CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN341"
+NAME="AEN343"
>"trust account xxx should be in DOMAIN_GROUP_RID_USERS"</A
></H2
><P
@@ -1580,7 +1589,7 @@ CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN345"
+NAME="AEN347"
>How do I get my samba server to become a member ( not PDC ) of an NT domain?</A
></H2
><P
@@ -1621,7 +1630,7 @@ CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>sleepy$</I
>. It would have to be
created <A
-HREF="#AEN175"
+HREF="#AEN177"
>manually</A
>. </P
><P
@@ -1721,7 +1730,7 @@ CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
CLASS="CHAPTER"
><HR><H1
><A
-NAME="AEN380"
+NAME="AEN382"
>Chapter 6. Troubleshooting and Bug Reporting</A
></H1
><DIV
@@ -1729,7 +1738,7 @@ CLASS="SECT1"
><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN382"
+NAME="AEN384"
>Diagnostic tools</A
></H1
><DIV
@@ -1737,7 +1746,7 @@ CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN384"
+NAME="AEN386"
>What are some diagnostics tools I can use to debug the domain logon process and where can I
find them?</A
></H2
@@ -1802,7 +1811,7 @@ CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN398"
+NAME="AEN400"
>How do I install 'Network Monitor' on an NT Workstation or a Windows 9x box?</A
></H2
><P
@@ -1887,7 +1896,7 @@ CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN427"
+NAME="AEN429"
>What other help can I get ?</A
></H1
><P
@@ -1899,7 +1908,7 @@ CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN430"
+NAME="AEN432"
>URLs and similar</A
></H2
><P
@@ -2042,7 +2051,7 @@ CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN479"
+NAME="AEN481"
>How do I get help from the mailing lists ?</A
></H2
><P
@@ -2145,7 +2154,7 @@ CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN508"
+NAME="AEN510"
>How do I get off the mailing lists ?</A
></H2
><P
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