From b7c94a5478f7b652824c1d88779888b02b86e08c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Terpstra Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 20:22:52 +0000 Subject: Fixing bug #1105 (This used to be commit e57a54c1c0572e11561c2f9c448849d7fde894cc) --- docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/Winbind.xml | 20 +++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/Winbind.xml b/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/Winbind.xml index f531336b43..6405118f2c 100644 --- a/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/Winbind.xml +++ b/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/Winbind.xml @@ -603,13 +603,31 @@ linkend="winbindcfg">the next example, was modified to include the necess Join the Samba Server to the PDC Domain + +All machines that will participate in domain security should be members of +the domain. This applies also to the PDC and all BDCs. + + + +The process of joining a domain requires the use of the net rpc join +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 smbd +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. + + Enter the following command to make the Samba server join the -PDC domain, where PDC is the name of +domain, where PDC is the name of your PDC and Administrator is a domain user who has administrative privileges in the domain. + +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. + &rootprompt;/usr/local/samba/bin/net rpc join -S PDC -U Administrator -- cgit