How can I connect a Windows 8 PC to a Samba domain
- by Paul
I am using Samba 3, and want to join my Windows 8 PC to the Samba domain.
Windows 8 cannot join out of the box, so I added the following registry entries:
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanWorkstation\Parameters
DWORD DomainCompatibilityMode 1
DWORD DNSNameResolutionRequired 0
And now it talks to the Samba server ok, however I get the following error:
And I notice that the machine name created on the samba server does not match its name:
win-8jq3fg1n74e$:x:30003:30003:Machine:/var/lib/nobody:/bin/false
It is like it is using an internal name.
The following is the error in the smb.log
[2012/10/21 14:26:16.099520, 0] passdb/pdb_interface.c:348(pdb_default_create_user) _samr_create_user: Running the command `/usr/sbin/useradd -c Machine -d /var/lib/nobody -s /bin/false win-8jq3fg1n74e$' gave 9
[2012/10/21 14:26:28.143224, 0] lib/util_sock.c:474(read_fd_with_timeout)
[2012/10/21 14:26:28.143420, 0] lib/util_sock.c:1441(get_peer_addr_internal)
getpeername failed. Error was Transport endpoint is not connected
read_fd_with_timeout: client 0.0.0.0 read error = Connection reset by peer.
