[Fedora-directory-users] Re: How to add a computer (feeling foolish)

[Mont Rothstein]

It seems that this is a Samba issue and not a FDS issue.  I hadn't locked on
to the fact that Samba is the Domain controller and FDS is only the
Directory server.

-Mont


On 3/21/06, Mont Rothstein <mont.rothstein at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I can't figure out how to add a computer to the domain.
>
> I've searched but can't find anything on this, which I assume means it is
> so easy that no one has even bothered to write about it.
>
> I created a user in the Domain Admins group.  I made that user an NT User,
> set the NT User ID to be the same as the FDS User ID, and checked Create New
> NT Account.
>
> On a Windows XP box I went to System Properties->Computer Name->Computer
> Name Changes and entered the domain name.
>
> I am prompted to enter the name and password of an account with permission
> to join the domain.  I have tried entering the user name both as
> domainname\username and just username.  No matter what I entered I get:
>
> "unknown user name or bad password"
>
> I also tried adding a similar user (different User ID) to the Directory
> Administrators group.  Using that user produced the same result.
>
> If someone could please explain what needs to be done, or point me to a
> doc no this very basic process, I would appreciate it.
>
> Thanks,
> -Mont
>
>
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