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authorJohn Terpstra <jht@samba.org>2005-03-08 20:22:52 +0000
committerGerald W. Carter <jerry@samba.org>2008-04-23 08:46:15 -0500
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Fixing bug #1105
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<title>Join the Samba Server to the PDC Domain</title>
<para>
+All machines that will participate in domain security should be members of
+the domain. This applies also to the PDC and all BDCs.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+The process of joining a domain requires the use of the <command>net rpc join</command>
+command. This process communicates with the domain controller it will register with
+(usually the PDC) via MS DCE RPC. This means, of course, that the <command>smbd</command>
+process must be running on the target DC. This means that it is necessary to temporarily
+start Samba on a PDC so that it can join its own domain.
+</para>
+
+<para>
Enter the following command to make the Samba server join the
-PDC domain, where <replaceable>PDC</replaceable> is the name of
+domain, where <replaceable>PDC</replaceable> is the name of
your PDC and <replaceable>Administrator</replaceable> is
a domain user who has administrative privileges in the domain.
</para>
+<note><para>
+Before attempting to join a machine to the domain verify that Samba is running
+on the target DC (usually PDC) and that it is capable of being reached via ports
+137/udp, 135/tcp, 139/tcp, and 445/tcp (if Samba or Windows Server 2Kx.
+</para></note>
<para>
&rootprompt;<userinput>/usr/local/samba/bin/net rpc join -S PDC -U Administrator</userinput>