FROM Fedora Core 3 client

[root@inetlab118 ~]# net join DOMAIN_NAME
root's password:
[2006/08/16 11:44:57, 0] utils/net_ads.c:ads_startup(186)
ads_connect: Transport endpoint is not connected
Create of workstation account failed
Unable to join domain DOMAIN_NAME.
[root@inetlab118 ~]#

it's:

net ads join -U Administrator

Assuming u configured kerberos and samba properly and joining to Active Directory.

For NT4 style domains it's:
echo "<ip_address> NTSERVERNAME" >> /etc/hosts

net join -S NTSERVERNAME -U Administrator

thanks... do i need to configure the smb.conf of the linux client pc? Gosh, i still need to configure the kerberos thing, where do i find this? i thought i just need to configure the smb.conf of the samba PDC. thanks, i'll try this. will post of the output. thanks again.

Still can't join, after doing the commands in the FC3 client pc:

[root@inetlab118 ~]# net ads join -U Administrator
Administrator's password:
[2006/08/17 10:38:38, 0] utils/net_ads.c:ads_startup(186)
ads_connect: Transport endpoint is not connected
[root@inetlab118 ~]# net ads join DOMAIN_NAME -U Administrator
Administrator's password:
[2006/08/17 10:38:57, 0] utils/net_ads.c:ads_startup(186)
ads_connect: Transport endpoint is not connected
[root@inetlab118 ~]# net join -S linux -U Administrator
Administrator's password:
[2006/08/17 10:42:05, 0] utils/net_ads.c:ads_startup(186)
ads_connect: Transport endpoint is not connected
Create of workstation account failed
Unable to join domain DOMAIN_NAME.
[root@inetlab118 ~]#

by the way, i'm joining a Samba PDC and not NT4 style domains because we are implementing a linux server here. thanks again.

oh u are joining a linux client to Samba PDC. You don't have to? For what purpose ? Authentication? Then configure LDAP (/etc/ldap.conf) Use command "authconfig" for redhat to configure LDAP or yast in Suse and then add an entry in /etc/nsswitch.conf

passwd: files ldap
shadow: files ldap
group: files ldap

I assume you have a working SAMBA 3.0 PDC (with passdb backend as LDAP) emulation where in u have successfully joined windows clients.

Orelse you should check this walkthrough. I recommend LDAP with Samba 3.0
http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...roup_id=166108

and also refer..

http://gr.samba.org/samba/docs/man/S...tion/type.html

yes, for authentication purposes wherein a user can log into any linux client pc in the computer laboratory. i already added the usernames in the samba PDC. do i need to do it also in the linux client workstations?
actually it is a mixture of window$ and linux client workstations but i'm focusing on the linux clients.

no, i do not have ldap as passdb backend. it's passdb backend = tdbsam that is in my smb.conf

ok, i will have to read the links. thanks, will post my smb.conf tomorrow.

ok..but i highly recommend u reconfigure ur PDC with Samba LDAP (also becoz u have win clients) ..u won't regret once u have a working PDC

I got this problem....

Kinit command successful, but the net join fails

Here is the error message :

net join awsweeliang
Host is not configured as a member server
Invalid configuration. Exiting....
ADS joining did not work, fall back to rpc...

In my case is that i try to join the WIndows 2003 AD