unknown error prevent from joining domain

There's not enough information here to determine if there is actually a bug. Could you verify that
you have followed all the basic trouble shooting points described in the following document.

http://www.likewise.com/resources/documentation_library/manuals/open/likewise-open-guide.html

For example,

(a) Is the Ubuntu client using the same DNS servers (in /etc/resolv.conf) as the Windows clients.
(b) Are the any netlogond or lsassd related messages in /var/log/syslog?
(c) Does `lw-get-dc-name domain.name` actually find a DC?

Is this an upgrade from the previous 5.4 deb? If so, remove and purge the likewise-open settings and state files
and refetch the likewise-open deb for a clean install.

I am also having this problem. I am following the documentation and have completed all required steps. I have verified that the DNS is working properly and have run 'lw-get-dc-name', which works perfectly. The error message I get when trying to join is the following:

Error: Lsass Error [code 0x00080047]

1225 (0x4C9) ERROR_CONNECTION_REFUSED - Unknown error

This is on Lucid Beta 1. It is a fresh install with latest updates as of today with nothing else install on it. I installed using 'sudo apt-get likewise-open'

The error in /var/log/syslog was the following:

lsassd[937]: 0xb2745b70:Failed to run provider specific request (request code = 8, provider = 'lsa-activedirectory-provider') -> error = 1225, symbol = ERROR_CONNECTION_REFUSED, client pid = 1217

Further investigation reveals that the domain controller shows the new machine account, so it is contacting the server, but failing to join for some reason.

What is the output from "ps --ppid `pidof lwsmd`". Did you upgrade likewise-open from th3 5.4.0.39xxx in Beta1 to the 5.4.0.42111-1 deb? Or was the later a fresh deb install? You might also want to try the 5.4.0.42111-2 deb from ppa:likewise-open/ppa since there is one specific ad-provider fix that corrects some loading issues with domain trusts.

I had this *exact* problem on a 100% fresh install of Lucid Lynx on a newly formatted hard disk. The very first thing I did after completing installation was to try to join the domain, so I didn't have time to break anything as far as I know. The one change I tried to resolve this was removing mdns4 from /etc/nsswitch.conf

`lw-get-dc-name domain.name` could find the DC just fine.

$ ps --ppid `pidof lwsmd`
  PID TTY TIME CMD
  984 ? 00:00:00 lwregd
 1128 ? 00:00:00 dcerpcd
 1190 ? 00:00:00 netlogond
 1253 ? 00:00:00 eventlogd
 1337 ? 00:00:00 lwiod
 1420 ? 00:00:00 lsassd

When trying to start lwsmd manually, I got:
20100506113746:ERROR: Could not start bootstrap service: LW_ERROR_SERVICE_UNRESPONSIVE

I found your instructions here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/likewise-open/+bug/543963/comments/8

With that I was able to join the domain, and everything works now. I hope this helps you figure out what went wrong.

I can confirm the same problem (ERROR_CONNECTION_REFUSED) on a FRESH install of 10.04. Following the instructions given on the link above fixes the problem.

I'm seeing this same error ~50% of the installations with 5.4.0.42111-3~ppa6~lucid-package, also it seems that likewise-open manages to create the computer object in the AD but then fails in something weird.. At the sametime likewisen-open5 distributed with Karmic works perfectly.

At the installation time I'm seeing:

--cut--
 * Reloading Likewise Service Manager configuration ESC[180G ^MESC[174G[ OK ]
Error: LW_ERROR_NO_SUCH_SERVICE (41204)
No service with the specified name exists
--cut--

The error I'm gettting when joinin computers to domain:

--cut--
Error: Lsass Error [code 0x00080047]

40265 (0x9D49) LW_ERROR_ERRNO_ECONNREFUSED - Unknown error
--cut--

For a workaround I made a script which will loop until joining the domain will success on fresh installs.

The script consists mainly these lines.

    killall lwsmd lwregd dcerpcd netlogond eventlogd lwiod lsassd
    /bin/rm -rf /var/lib/likewise-open
    mkdir -p /var/lib/likewise-open/{db,rpc,run}
    chmod 700 /var/lib/likewise-open/db
    chmod 755 /var/lib/likewise-open
    /etc/init.d/lwsmd start
    for file in /etc/likewise-open/*.reg; do lwregshell import $file; done
    /etc/init.d/lwsmd reload
    lwsm start lsass
    sleep 5
    domainjoin-cli join

Same problem on fresh install of a fully upgraded Ubuntu Server 10.04.3 LTS VM (vmware); Windows Server 2003 DC, all properly configured.

Pasi Sjöholm's fix works for me so obviously whatever it does right, the likewise-open install script does wrong. Bug report is quite complete.