Good Day to all:
I just wanted to know if how I am going to setup SLES9 as a domain controller. I tried to connect two PC's via a Linksys router. One PC is running SLES9 and the other one is running WinXP Pro SP2.
Under YAST I open up the SAMBA Server, then under the Identity tab I entered "novell" as a Workgroup or Domain Name, then select PDC under Domain controller, then entered SLES9 as the NetBIOS Name. Under Startup tab ON is checked. I have also added the username "xp" in SLES9 and give the same password as what is given to the user "xp" in Windows XP PC.
Then at the PC running Windows XP Pro, I change the domain name to "novell" then it ask me for a username and a password. So I entered root as the username and entered the password for it. But I cannot make that PC joined the novell domain. An error pops up that the domain is not available.
Does anybody knows how to setup this up. What do I need to setup under SLES 9 to make it as a domain controller.

Thanks....

post the smb.conf file. I'm not sure how to get YaST to configure it, but I can point out any mistakes in the smb.conf file to help get you rolling.

Hi this is the content of my smb.conf file. Thanks

# smb.conf is the main Samba configuration file. You find a full commented
# version at /usr/share/doc/packages/samba/examples/smb.conf.SUSE
# Date: 2004-06-30
[global]
domain logons = yes
ldap idmap suffix = ou=Idmap
ldap machine suffix = ou=Computers
local master = yes
wins server =
wins support = no
add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -c Machine -d /var/lib/nobody -s /bin/false %m$
domain master = yes
preferred master = yes
ldap suffix = dc=example,dc=com
workgroup = novell
printing = cups
printcap name = cups
printcap cache time = 750
cups options = raw
printer admin = @ntadmin, root, administrator
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
map to guest = Bad User
logon path = \\%L\profiles\.msprofile
logon home = \\%L\%U\.9xprofile
logon drive = P:
security = domain
encrypt passwords = yes
passdb backend = smbpasswd
netbios name = SLES9
os level = 65
;; [homes]
;; guest ok = no
;; printable = no
;; comment = Home Directories
;; valid users = %S
;; browseable = no
;; read only = No
;; inherit permissions = Yes
;; [profiles]
;; browseable = yes
;; guest ok = no
;; printable = no
;; comment = Network Profiles Service
;; path = %H
;; read only = No
;; store dos attributes = Yes
;; create mask = 0600
;; directory mask = 0700
;; [users]
;; browseable = yes
;; guest ok = no
;; printable = no
;; comment = All users
;; path = /home
;; read only = No
;; inherit permissions = Yes
;; veto files = /aquota.user/groups/shares/
;; [groups]
;; browseable = yes
;; guest ok = no
;; printable = no
;; comment = All groups
;; path = /home/groups
;; read only = No
;; inherit permissions = Yes
;; [pdf]
;; browseable = yes
;; guest ok = no
;; comment = PDF creator
;; path = /var/tmp
;; printable = yes
;; print command = /usr/bin/smbprngenpdf -J '%J' -c %c -s %s -u '%u' -z %z
;; create mask = 0600
[printers]
guest ok = no
comment = All Printers
path = /var/tmp
printable = yes
create mask = 0600
browseable = no
[print$]
browseable = yes
guest ok = no
printable = no
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /var/lib/samba/drivers
write list = @ntadmin root
force group = ntadmin
create mask = 0664
directory mask = 0775
[data1]
browseable = yes
comment = test only
guest ok = yes
path = /data1/
writeable = yes
printable = no
users = xp,infonet

you might want to check out the following too links

http://www.yourhowto.org/content/view/42/9/

http://www.yourhowto.org/content/view/30/9/

there how-to's for setting up a Samba PDC that i have on my website

One thing I notice is that security is usually equal USER 'security = user' , not domain. I'll check samba.org, but domain sticks out because I've put Samba PDCs together and I don't think I used 'security=domain'.