Unable to access the netlogon share on an ADC in a DSfW Domain

  • 7004291
  • 25-Aug-2009
  • 26-Apr-2012

Environment

Novell Domain Services for Windows 1.0
Novell eDirectory 8.8.4
Novell eDirectory 8.8.5
Novell Open Enterprise Server 2.0 SP1 (Linux Based)

Situation

Unable to access the netlogon share on an additional domain controller from a Windows workstation in a Domain Services for Windows Domain

Resolution

Replace the following in section in the /etc/samba/smb.conf file on the ADC.

[netlogon]
comment = Network Logon Service
path = /var/opt/novell/xad/sysvol/sysvol/nts.com/scripts
writable = No
share modes = No
nt acl support = Yes

With:

[netlogon]
comment = Network Logon Service
msdfs proxy = \fdc.nts.com\netlogon
msdfs root = Yes
writable = No
share modes = No
nt acl support = Yes

Restart DSfW by executing the following command:
xadcntrl reload.


Additional Information

The /var/log/messages file contains the following the error message:
'/var/opt/novell/xad/sysvol/sysvol/nts.com/scripts' does not exist or permission denied when connecting to [netlogon] Error was No such file or directory