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i have 1 linux server acting as a samba sever for the workgroup named “linux”, & i created some linux user accounts , then i configred in smb.conf file that linux will be a domain logon for that workgroup with a netbiosname is “linux” also, and set encryption password to “yes”, after that i use security is”user” and run a command : cat /etc/passwd /usr/sbin/mksmbpasswd.sh /usr/sbin/smbpasswd , then i join windwos98 PCs to the same workgroup and logon to that workgroup but it always display can not find a domain logon for the domain”linux”.I don’t know why . please help me.thanks alot.

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have you tried an entry in LMHOSTS for the samba server?

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You will need to create machine accounts for those machines you addd to the domain. Check the Samba Man pages for the details. The smb machine account has to have a corisponding linux account ending in $.

For example if you had a computer named comp2:
>adduser -d /dev/null -s /bin/false comp2$
>smbpasswd -a -m comp2

Then computer with name comp2 should be able to join the domain.

I recomend the Samba How-to section on Samba as a PDC http://us6.samba.org/samba/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.html#SAMBA-PDC

I hope that helps.

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