Thanks for your advice René. I checked the two clients and the one that is already part of the domain did have these entries. The client I'm trying to connect didn't so I added them.
I restarted the client and tried to join it into the domain. I still get a promt for an user and account that can join/connect to the domain. What sort of account should be given here? I've tried a few combinations but none succeeded. The documentation I referred to earlier brings up a few alternative approaches, one being "a Samba account that has root privileges on the Samba server". Just to point out: Besides the "actual" domain the clients are part of there also seems to be a domain solely for the server (the server is named FOOBAR and there's a corresponding FOOBAR domain) >Hi, >did you change the registry of your Windows 7 Client? >Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 > >[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\LanmanWorkstation\Parameters] >"DomainCompatibilityMode"=dword:00000001 >"DNSNameResolutionRequired"=dword:00000000 > >Sounds a lot like you did not. > > > >Am 18.06.2013 08:03, schrieb quiz...@lavabit.com: >> Hello >> >> I have recently "inherited" a small domain consisting of a linux >> server running samba 3.6 and one client computer running Windows 7. >> >> I want to add another client (also running Windows 7) to the domain. >> Previously adding clients has been done by manually creating a linux >> machine account and samba account. >> >> I have created the accounts for the new client but when I try to >> configure it to be part of the domain a window pops up prompting for >> an account and password "that can join the domain". I don't really >> know what to enter here and I am unable to add the machine. >> >> Quoting from the documentation: >> http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/domain-memb >> er.html#machine-trust-accounts >> >> "When the user elects to make the client a domain member, Windows 200x >> prompts for an account and password that has privileges to create >> machine accounts in the domain." >> >> "A Samba administrator account (i.e., a Samba account that has root >> privileges on the Samba server) must be entered here; the operation >> will fail if an ordinary user account is given. The necessary >> privilege can be assured by creating a Samba SAM account for root or >> by granting the SeMachineAccountPrivilege privilege to the user account." >> >> What should I do sucessfully add the client to the domain? -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
