On 3/16/2010 9:32 AM, Sorin Srbu wrote:
>>  If this is really Active Directory, it
>> needs to have the domain compatibility mode set or you may need some other
>> settings - and to join the domain.
>
> With the security set to server I get the error "Failed to join domain:
> Invalid domain role". If security is set to ADS it asks for a password and I
> get "Using short domain name..." and " could not connect to server
> DC.mydomain" and " The user name or password was not correct".

I believe you need administrator credentials for the initial join of a 
machine to a domain.  After the join, you can log in as a normal user. 
But, if you are doing backups you'll need to be admin or in the backup 
group anyway.

>>> Does this BPC-solution by any chance require that passwords are sent in
>>> clear text? I'm grasping for straws...
>>
>> I'm not sure plain text is ever used.  The choices would be NT LANMAN style
>> hashes or whatever they changed to in win2k3.  A samba 3.x version should be
>> able to do both. I don't think the kernel cifs module does kerberos or client
>> signing, though.
>
> Just checked the Windows Default Domain Policy to make sure. The LAN Manager
> Authentication level is set to "Send NTLMv2 response only/Refuse LM&  NTLM".
> This is another enforced policy from the University IT-department. I don't
> know however if this is a problem for BPC and the authentication. Maybe
> somebody else knows.

This should work with smbclient - not sure about the kernel cifs module. 
  If you aren't able to make smb authentication work, you might try 
cwrsync - I think in the latest versions running rsync under sshd 
actually works.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval
Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs
proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance.
See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta.
http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev
_______________________________________________
BackupPC-users mailing list
BackupPC-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
List:    https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users
Wiki:    http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net
Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/