Hi Guys

My Debain server died this morning due to a power failure i have not rebooted but my AD users cannot authenticate to the Samba File Shares

Below is the config file, Could really do with help asap as our producation is now on stop

Cheers

Rob

#GLOBAL PARAMETERS
[global]
log file = /var/log/samba/%m
idmap gid = 600-20000
client ntlmv2 auth = Yes
netbios name = Purple
auth methods = winbind
winbind trusted domains only = no
encrypt passwords = true
winbind use default domain = Yes
realm = GRIFFIN.LOCAL
template shell = /bin/bash
server string = Purple File Server
printing = cups
idmap uid = 600-20000
winbind nested groups = Yes
workgroup = DOMAIN
os level = 20
printcap name = cups
security = ads
preferred master = no
max log size = 50
winbind separator = +
log level = 3
;template primary group = "Domain Users"

[Public_Share]
delete readonly = yes
wide links = no
writeable = yes
path = /mnt/share1/public
force group = nogroup
force user = nobody
comment = General Share
valid users = @"DOMAIN+domain users"
public = yes

[IT_Share]
force user = nobody
comment = Private IT Share
writeable = yes
valid users = @"DOMAIN+domain admins"
path = /mnt/share1/IT.Private
force group = nogroup

[Rapid]
writeable = yes
path = /mnt/share1/Rapid
force directory mode = 777
force group = nogroup
force create mode = 777
force user = nobody
comment = Rapid File Share
valid users = @DOMAIN+"domain users"
create mode = 777
directory mode = 777

[Rapid_Images]
force user = nobody
comment = Rapid Saw Images
writeable = yes
valid users = "DOMAIN+markc",@"DOMAIN+domain admins"
path = /mnt/share1/Rapid_Images
force group = nogroup

[darwin]
valid users = @"DOMAIN+domain users"
public = yes
path = /mnt/share1/IT.Private/Darwin

Hi Guys

i am now getting this error when trying to join the domain
[2009/02/20 18:21:36, 0] lib/smbldap.c:smb_ldap_start_tls(598)
Failed to issue the StartTLS instruction: Server is unavailable
Failed to join domain: failed to connect to AD: Server is unavailable

Who is trying to join the domain? Is the Samba server running or not? You said you did not reboot it. Anyway, Samba servers cannot do AD authentication AFAIK. You must have a Windows server somewhere if you are using Active Directory. Samba servers can participate in AD, but cannot be AD servers. So maybe your problem is elsewhere.