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> This is undoubtedly a simple Samba problem, but from what I've read
> and the posts I've gone through, I've not seen something precisely
> similar.

> I've got Samba chugging on a Linux box, and all is running as
> expected; logons from my Win98 client are working just fine, the
> network shares are correct, browsing works as expected. So what's the
> problem?  When I attempt to join the domain hosted by Samba, my NT 4
> WKS box tells me it cannot contact the PDC for the domain.

> The machine account has been added to smbpasswd; I've added the PDC to
> lmhosts on the NT box; the NT box can ping and browse the PDC, and use
> its file shares normally. There's apparently some type of simple
> addressing error or problem I've induced that prevents the NT box from
> seeing the linux box as the PDC, but I'm just not sure where. The
> tests from the Samba FAQ all work as suggested from either side (Samba
> side or NT side).

> Any help humbly appreciated!

> David Whitney

>Did you turn on password encryption in Samba?
>I had a similar problem as my Samba server is serving
>a number of 95 machines too. NT4 wouldn't connect until
>password encryption was enabled. However, then I
>couldn't logon from any of the 95 machines so
>I ended up in a catch 22. Any hints?

>Nik

>> Hello, all..

>> This is undoubtedly a simple Samba problem, but from what I've read
>> and the posts I've gone through, I've not seen something precisely
>> similar.

>> I've got Samba chugging on a Linux box, and all is running as
>> expected; logons from my Win98 client are working just fine, the
>> network shares are correct, browsing works as expected. So what's the
>> problem?  When I attempt to join the domain hosted by Samba, my NT 4
>> WKS box tells me it cannot contact the PDC for the domain.

>> The machine account has been added to smbpasswd; I've added the PDC to
>> lmhosts on the NT box; the NT box can ping and browse the PDC, and use
>> its file shares normally. There's apparently some type of simple
>> addressing error or problem I've induced that prevents the NT box from
>> seeing the linux box as the PDC, but I'm just not sure where. The
>> tests from the Samba FAQ all work as suggested from either side (Samba
>> side or NT side).

>> Any help humbly appreciated!

>> David Whitney

>Did you turn on password encryption in Samba?
>I had a similar problem as my Samba server is serving
>a number of 95 machines too. NT4 wouldn't connect until
>password encryption was enabled. However, then I
>couldn't logon from any of the 95 machines so
>I ended up in a catch 22. Any hints?

>Nik

>> Hello, all..

>> This is undoubtedly a simple Samba problem, but from what I've read
>> and the posts I've gone through, I've not seen something precisely
>> similar.

>> I've got Samba chugging on a Linux box, and all is running as
>> expected; logons from my Win98 client are working just fine, the
>> network shares are correct, browsing works as expected. So what's the
>> problem?  When I attempt to join the domain hosted by Samba, my NT 4
>> WKS box tells me it cannot contact the PDC for the domain.

>> The machine account has been added to smbpasswd; I've added the PDC to
>> lmhosts on the NT box; the NT box can ping and browse the PDC, and use
>> its file shares normally. There's apparently some type of simple
>> addressing error or problem I've induced that prevents the NT box from
>> seeing the linux box as the PDC, but I'm just not sure where. The
>> tests from the Samba FAQ all work as suggested from either side (Samba
>> side or NT side).

>> Any help humbly appreciated!

>> David Whitney