The SAMBA-LDAP-PDC Howto

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Frequently Asked Questions... and answers

I can’t create a windows account from Microsoft Windows NT 4 itself: try adding
it manually, using the script smbldap-useradd.pl (you must be root on the PDC server). If
your machine’s name is VMNT, then the command line is:
smbldap-useradd.pl -w VMNT$
I can’t join the domain:

many reason can cause this problem. verify the following points:

• in the samba configuration file (smb.conf), put the interface parameter to the interface
is listening the network on. We originally put ”interfaces = 192.168.2.0/24 127.0.0.1/32”
which caused the ”can’t join the domain” problem.
my profiles are not saved on the server: make sure that the profile directory on the
server has the right permissions. You must do a
chmod 1757 /opt/samba/profiles}
I deleted my computer from the domain, and i can’t connect to it anymore: When
you leave the domain IDEALX-NT, you have to reboot your machine. If you don’t, you will
not be able to join any more the domain. If you done this and it still doesn’t work, remove
the machine’s account from the ldap entry and recreate it. For this, use the command
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