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| author | Andrew Tridgell <tridge@samba.org> | 2001-12-01 02:23:06 +0000 |
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| committer | Andrew Tridgell <tridge@samba.org> | 2001-12-01 02:23:06 +0000 |
| commit | 080cbe328ef36287a22c3d4c93160f81632d95f8 (patch) | |
| tree | 4001fe181d2e47bf0dc8ce58b3d170bc070b004e /docs | |
| parent | e5852f5607e198c0349a2aa52bafc81296015382 (diff) | |
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more specific DNS instructions
(This used to be commit 630e01cafde863beaa367be3c4e01c9c5232b682)
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/textdocs/ADS-HOWTO.txt | 15 |
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diff --git a/docs/textdocs/ADS-HOWTO.txt b/docs/textdocs/ADS-HOWTO.txt index 947e6c26e7..f20ae5e1f6 100644 --- a/docs/textdocs/ADS-HOWTO.txt +++ b/docs/textdocs/ADS-HOWTO.txt @@ -88,12 +88,15 @@ Step 2: Setup your /etc/krb5.conf NOTE: The realm must be uppercase. You also must ensure that you can do a reverse DNS lookup on the IP - address of your KDC. This usually either involves setting up a PTR - record in your DNS server or adding your KDC to /etc/hosts. - - Your KDC DNS name must be be in a domain that matches the realm, - e.g. realm EXAMPLE.COM, kdc server.example.com. At least for now. - + address of your KDC. Also, the name that this reverse lookup maps to + must either be the netbios name of the KDC (ie. the hostname with no + domain attached) or it can alternatively be the netbios name + followed by the realm. + + The easiest way to ensure you get this right is to add a /etc/hosts + entry mapping the IP address of your KDC to its netbios name. If you + don't get this right then you will get a "local error" when you try + to join the realm. * If all you want is kerberos support in smbclient then you can skip * straight to step 5 now. Step 3 is only needed if you want kerberos |