smbmount as released with REdHat 6.0 failes to authenticate with NT Domain Controllers. Upon using the 'domain controller =' specification in smb.conf, upon use, smbmount reports "ignoring unknown directive 'domain controller' This did function properly with the REdHat 5.2 distribution. I have attempted downloading your security patch with no positive results. The problem persists. At first, I thought this was due to the fact that I had selected to "upgrade" my installation from 5.2 to 6.0... Then I made backup tarballs of all pertinent data directories and started off clean (Reworked all drive partitions and did a full install) This proved that the "upgrade" path was not a fault as the problem persisted. The hardware is a Dell Optiplex 590. 32 MB RAM, 1GB Hard Disk, embedded S3 Video controller, 3C509 Ethernet adapter, generic PS/2 mouse and keyboard. Nothing out of the ordinary... Creative 4x CD-Rom is about the only added in item to the unit. There are no other operating systems on the machine. I am also running the Apache web server as an intranet server behind our firewall and proxy machines (NT).
Read the man page: domain controller (G) This is a DEPRECATED parameter. It is currently not used within the Samba source and should be removed from all current smb.conf files. It is left behind for compatibility reasons. Try setting 'security=domain'.