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Paul
Asked: 2011-07-14 21:09:30 +0800 CST

Samba Reporting the Wrong Domain Name

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I have a new Samba install, but it is using a config file from a previous installation of samba. This one is 3.5.6

The following is an excerpt from the config:

[global]
    workgroup = hum
    domain logons = Yes
    domain master = Yes
    local master = Yes
    os level = 65
    preferred master = Yes
    security = user

So it is a pdc, has domain name "HUM". When a user logs into the domain, their profile (created locally) has the name c:\users\[username].ZEN

"zen" is the hostname. I can happily log into the domain, and I can add machines without problems. In all cases, I refer to the domain as "HUM".

If I log into a W7 workstation as an administrator, and add a user to the administrators group, it correctly lists the user as "username" in domain "HUM".

If I then log in as that domain user (again logging into the HUM domain), I do appear to have administrator rights - I can for example run cmd as administrator.

However, weird things happen. The account cannot run control panel for example - access denied (windows cannot access the file or device). If I go to netplwiz I can see that the user in the administrators group that was previously "userid" in domain "HUM" is now "userid" in domain "ZEN".

zen is the hostname of the samba controller.

This happens on both workstations I have tried. I am wondering if the workstations previously logged into the HUM domain on a different server (it was rebuilt) and are getting messed up now they join to the same domain on the new server.

Any troubleshooting tips welcome...

domain-controller active-directory samba

1 Answers

  1. In my case, the problem was that some users where created before configuring as PDC, so they referred to the host. Using pdbedit (with -I) to change the domain (and rejoining again), solved the issue

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