Subject: Re: windows2000 and samba
From: Arthur Corliss (arthur@corlissfamily.org)
Date: Sat Aug 31 2002 - 13:38:46 AKDT
> Hi all, is anyone out there running win2000 pro as a client in a
> samba pdc environment? I just rigged my win2000 computer to logon
> to a samba domain but it required that I create a "root" user in
> smbpasswd to join the domain initially. After that I can log in
> using my regular "chris" user account.
>
> Just curious if anyone out there has found a method different than
> enabling a root account in samba.
Unfortunately, you need to have that 'root' account if you're going to join
machines to the domain. Hint: just set the smbpasswd password to something
other than your real root password.
--Arthur Corliss
Bolverk's Lair -- http://arthur.corlissfamily.org/
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