8.3 Common Errors

The most common errors that can afflict Windows networking systems include:

• Incorrect IP address.

• Incorrect or inconsistent netmasks .

• Incorrect router address.

• Incorrect DNS server address.

• Incorrect WINS server address.

• Use of a Network Scope setting ” watch out for this one!

The most common reasons for which a Windows NT/200x/XP Professional client cannot join the Samba controlled domain are:

• smb.conf does not have correct add machine script settings.

• " root " account is not in password backend database.

• Attempt to use a user account instead of the " root " account to join a machine to the domain.

• Open connections from the workstation to the server.

• Firewall or filter configurations in place on either the client or on the Samba server.