I just wanted to let everyone that helped me with this issue know that I solved it. I used the root user to add the systems to the domain, and it worked perfectly! Apparently the user I was using wasn't allowed to add domain machines...
Thanks for all your help though! On Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:26:05 -0600, Greg Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I recently setup a new server with CentOS 5.2. Everything works great on > the server except when I try to join the domain it simply tells me: > > "The following error occurred attempting to join the domain "Domain": > > The user name could not be found. > > I have researched this error and attempted a number of fixes but have been > unable to resolve the issue. I am able to connect to the server with the > user name and password that I am using to join the domain (I know that > isn't the user name its really talking about) and browse (read/write) the > network shares. I have read the last entry in the log pertaining to the > domain join request, and it is telling me that useradd could not write to > the password file... Anyone have an idea of what is causing this? Below > is the error and my smb.conf. I created the smb.conf from a guide at > http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/Deployment_Guide-en-US/s1-samba-servers.html > and added some settings based on previous servers. > > > smbd.log > [2008/09/01 22:07:44, 0] > passdb/pdb_interface.c:pdb_default_create_user(329) > _samr_create_user: Running the command `/usr/sbin/useradd -s /bin/false > -d /dev/null -g machines sy01$' gave 1 > > > smb.conf > [global] > workgroup = NMTWeb > netbios name = devserver > time server = yes > security = user > add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -m %u > delete user script = /usr/sbin/userdel -r %u > add group script = /usr/sbin/groupadd %g > delete group script = /usr/sbin/groupdel %g > add user to group script = /usr/sbin/usermod -G %g %u > add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -s /bin/false -d /dev/null > -g machines %u > logon drive = U: > domain logons = Yes > oslevel = 35 > preferred master = Yes > domain master = Yes > local master =yes > domain logons = yes > printing = cups > load printers = yes > hide unreadable = yes > map to guest = Never > hide dot files = yes > wins support = yes > server string = devserver > logon path = \\%L\%U\windowsprofile > bind interfaces only = yes > > [homes] > comment = Home Directories > valid users = %S > read only = No > [netlogon] > comment = Network Logon Service > path = /var/lib/samba/netlogon > guest ok = no > browseable = No > read only = Yes > > [Public] > comment = Public Document Share > writeable = yes > path = /home/public > force directory mode = 777 > force group = users > force create mode = 777 > force user = root > valid users = @users > create mode = 777 > directory mode = 777 > > [www] > Comment = Development Website Directory > writeable = yes > path = /www > force directory mode = 777 > force group = users > force create mode = 777 > force user = root > valid users = @users > create mode = 777 > directory mode = 777 -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
