Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-edu (150 mails)

["Bill Antonia" <bill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On the second server, do you have a line in your /etc/smb.conf file
which sets the password server to be your main server?

You could send me both smb.conf files to have a look at. I use samba quite a
bit at Beacon CC, so I'm reasonably familiar with the setup.

Regards

Bill Antonia
Beacon Community College
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----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Williams <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Bill Antonia <bill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <suse-linux-uk-schools@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 8:21 PM
Subject: Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Samba problem


> On 03 Sep, Bill Antonia <bill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Could there be conflict with the domain Windows NT master server? You
can
> > only have one master domain server within a domain. Is samba set up to
be
> > subordinate, taking domain users and passwords from a domain master?
> > If not, there may be your problem.
>
> We do not have an NT master server. The main samba server is acting as the
> domain controller.
>
> I have made some invstigations into the domain master browser issue. Main
> server has os level set to 65 which means it should win any elections and
> is set as domain master, preferred master, local master, domain logons,
> wins support, dns proxy and security = user.
>
> The second server is set to security=server, wins server=(main server) and
> all other master options to no.
>
> The setup works fine after restarting samba on the main server but dies
> when the server is rebooted.
>
> I am confused.
>
> Dave
>
>