"Adam Wright" wrote in message
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> We just installed a new Linux server on our small (approx 12 computers)
> network. The workstations are mostly Win 98, with two XP Pros. Our old
> server, NT Server 4.0 is still on the network. The Linux server is the
PDC
> (The NT Domain service is disabled). We have a shared database on the NT
> server that cannot be used on the Linux server due to speed issues. I
just
> added a new user to the Linux server. She can log on to the domain, and
can
> access shared files on all computers in the domain except for the NT
Server.
> It responds with a dialog box asking for a password to share IPC$. It
seems
> to be acting as if her computer does not have an account on the domain,
yet
> she can access all other computers on the network.
>

Win95/98 default to security = SHARE so they an be accessed regardless of
the domain logon.

> A Side note which may be pertinent: When logging on to the NT server, I
> press CTRL-ALT-DEL to unlock, then I have to wait about five minutes while
> it says "Please wait while domain list is created" before I get the logon
> dialog box.
>
> Thanks,
> Adam Wright
>
I had something similar here when I was experimenting with Samba 3.0 PDC and
an NT4 server. It turned out that the os level wasn't set high enough for
the Samba server. The NT4 server won the master browser elections ?? This
resulted in the NT4 server not being able to find the PDC and kind of
isolated it.

Anyhow, I set the os level = 65 on the PDC and that solved it. The NT4
server started to behave.

Was the NT4 server the previous PDC ?