Unable to create a machine account for a CIFS server
Applies to
- ONTAP 9
- Microsoft Windows Domain Controller
- NT Lan Manager (NTLM)
Issue
- Unable to create a machine account for a CIFS server
- The following failure is observed:
Clsuter01::*> vserver cifs create -cifs-server cifs01 -vserver dataSVM -domain demo.netapp In order to create an Active Directory machine account for the CIFS server, you must supply the name and password of a Windows account with sufficient privileges to add computers to the domain. Enter the user name: administrator Enter the password: Error: Machine account creation procedure failed [ 163] Loaded the preliminary configuration. [ 254] Created a machine account in the domain [ 319] Kerberos password set for 'cifs01.demo.netapp' succeeded [ 340] Successfully authenticated with DC MSDC2020.demo.netapp [ 352] Unable to connect to NetLogon service on MSDC2020.demo.netapp (Error: RESULT_ERROR_SPINCLIENT_SOCKET_RECEIVE_ERROR) **[ 352] FAILURE: Unable to make a connection ** (NetLogon:MSDC2020.demo.netapp), result: 6754 [ 352] Unable to make a NetLogon connection to MSDC2020.demo.netapp using the new machine account [ 359] Deleted existing account Error: command failed: Failed to create the Active Directory machine account "cifs01.demo.netapp". Reason: Socket receive error.