LinuxQuestions.org - Samba PDC: unable to logon to XP client

hey all,

i know this is a often repeated thread, but i have read thru baout 15 threads and no luck.

Server OS: RHEL5
Client OS: XP Pro

running samba as a PDC (with BDC). users and machines added to samba and local machine. no firewalls.

ERROR message: Windows cannot connect to the domain, either because the domain controller is down or otherwise unavailable, or because your computer account was not found. Please try again later
(I.E, ask LQ!)

smb.conf:

Code:

# 

#                            

#

#======================= Global Settings =====================================

[global]



# workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name, eg: MIDEARTH

  workgroup = somedomain



# server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field

  server string = serv01



# Security mode. Defines in which mode Samba will operate. Possible 

# values are share, user, server, domain and ads. Most people will want 

# user level security. See the Samba-HOWTO-Collection for details.

  security = user



# This option is important for security. It allows you to restrict

# connections to machines which are on your local network. The

# following example restricts access to two C class networks and

# the "loopback" interface. For more examples of the syntax see

# the smb.conf man page

  hosts allow = 192.168.1. 127.



# this tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine

# that connects

  log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log



# Put a capping on the size of the log files (in Kb).

  max log size = 500



# Browser Control Options:

# set local master to no if you don't want Samba to become a master

# browser on your network. Otherwise the normal election rules apply

  local master = yes



# OS Level determines the precedence of this server in master browser

# elections. The default value should be reasonable

  os level = 255



# Domain Master specifies Samba to be the Domain Master Browser. This

# allows Samba to collate browse lists between subnets. Don't use this

# if you already have a Windows NT domain controller doing this job

  domain master = yes 



# Preferred Master causes Samba to force a local browser election on startup

# and gives it a slightly higher chance of winning the election

  preferred master = yes



# Enable this if you want Samba to be a domain logon server for 

# Windows95 workstations. 

  domain logons = yes



#  logon script = logon.bat

  name resolve order = wins lmhosts bcast



# Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section:

# WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable it's WINS Server

  wins support = yes



# DNS Proxy - tells Samba whether or not to try to resolve NetBIOS names

# via DNS nslookups. The default is NO.

  dns proxy = no 



add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g machines -s /bin/false -M %u



admin users = @sysadmin root administrator

smb ports = 137 138 139 445



#for win98 profiles

preserve case = yes

short preserve case = yes

case sensitive = no



#tuning options

deadtime = 15

keepalive = 1

socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY







#============================ Share Definitions ==============================

[homes]

  comment = Home Directories

  browseable = no

  writable = yes



# Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain Logons

 [netlogon]

  comment = Network Logon Service

  path = /etc/samba/netlogon

  guest ok = yes

  browseable = no

  writable = yes



# Un-comment the following to provide a specific roving profile share

# the default is to use the user's home directory

[Profiles]

  path = /home/%U

  browseable = no  

  guest ok = no  

  read only = no

  create mask = 0777

  directory mask = 0777

  writable = yes

  level2 oplocks = yes

  dos filetimes = yes



# This one is useful for people to share files

[temp]

  comment = Temporary file space

  path = /temp

  read only = no

  public = yes

  create mask = 0777

  directory mask = 0777

i have tried re-joining the domain, restarting entire server (and samba service), removing and re-adding user/machine to samba...

many thanks for your help, if you need me to post more conf's etc, let me know