> -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Pritchard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: vrijdag 3 augustus 2001 10:38 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: RE: Linux in the workplace: NT Domains > > > > > You have to join the linux computer to the domain, which > > > requires some level of admin privilages. (We'll assume you > > > have those) > > > > > > %>smppasswd -j domainname -r NetBIOS-name-of-PDC (which the > > > linux box needs to be able to resolve, either by broadcast, > > > /etc/hosts or your samba lmhosts file (which should be in the > > > same directory as your smb.conf file) > > > > No luck I'm afraid (yes, I corrected the typo :). > > > > I used: smbpassd -j DOMAIN -r pdchostname > > > > which just gives me a listing of the available parameters. > > > > Afterwhich i tried: > > > > smbpassd -s -j DOMAIN -r pdchostname -U <usernamefordomain> > > > > No luck, just bunch of errors which I should have copied > and sent to > > the mailinglist, heh. But I don't think I'm going about > this right. smbpassd > > is only for changing user passwords correct? > > > > RTFMP: -j is the correct option. Under NT you can enter a > username and password > to create a computer account on the Domain, but this > functionality appears not > to have been implemented in Samba. From the man Page: > > In order to be used in this way, the Administrator > for the Windows NT Domain must have used the > program "Server Manager for Domains" to add the > primary NetBIOS name of the Samba server as a member > of the Domain. > > Assuming your machine can resolve the PDC's hostname, I > suggest you check this > next.
Not an issue as this computer already is added to the domain, I'm not sure if it needs to be re-added when in linux but it seems unlikely. Currently I can login to the PDC and other computers logged into the domain. All that needs to be done now is to get konqueror display a listing of all these computers. William Leese