Win XP logging into Samba
 

I have a problem with my XP machine logging into a Samba PDC. I have the lastest version running on a RedHat 8.0 box. The funny thing about the situation is that my XP machine can join the domain, but when I go to login to it I recieve a no Domain Controller error.

Windows 2K joins and can login fine, but for some reason XP cannot. Anyone have any advice?

Can you ping the Samba sever from your Winodws Machine?

Yes. If I login locally to the XP machine I can ping the server and even browse to shared directories. I can also do a net use and map drives but I can't login from the prompt. It's really wierd.

There is an extra step to adding Windows XP.

See the section on client configuration

http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/esdd/tu...mba/index.html

Good article thanks for the info. I got a reply from the forum at JustLinux.com which said you have to change the registry for XP to be able to login. Here's the change:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servi
ces\Netlogon\Parameters]
"requiresignorseal"=dword:00000000

For anyone else having trouble with XP logging into Samba. You have to make the registry change before you join the domain. At least I had to. Thanks to everyone who replied.

Woops just read the whole article and it said the same thing. I read your post jamrock after I just got it working and didn't read the whole article at IBM. Thanks again for the info. Hope I can return the favor sometime.