Hello List, I am using Samba as PDC for some time now and I want do make the process of joining the domain somewhat more elegant ;)
I use partimage to deploy images of my Windows XP-installation to the computers in my lab. In order to automate the process of joining these computers to the domain, I use some small perl-scripts. 1. After installing new software, etc. I have to create a new image. I have written a perlscript, which will be executed the next time, the computer starts (I've put it in the registry ->RunOnce...) 2. This script sets the hostname of the fresh installed computer via it's IP-adress. Then the script Puts another script in RunOnce, which will execute netdom.exe to join the domain after next reboot. (Changing the hostname requires a reboot ) 3. After the 2nd reboot each machine has got an unique hostname and has joined the domain. OK, this procedure may not be very elegant, but it works for me. Here are my questions: Is it possible to deliver the hostname to the WinXP-workstations via DHCP? (natively, without help of external applications) What happens to a computer which has joined my domain, when I change the hostname in my DHCP-Server? Will it remain in the domain? If this is possible, I can throw away my perlscripts ;) Greetz, Andre -- BOFH-excuse of the day: Zombie processes detected, machine is haunted. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
