How to Join Fedora as a workstation to NT domain

Hello.

I am trying to slowly migrate my computing needs over from windows to
linux
flavored OS such as Fedora, but I am having some issues along the way.


I have fedora core 4 installed on my pc up and running. What I would
like
to do is to join this workstation to 2003 server, however I am not
having
any luck. WinBind is installed in this pc and enabled. Nic are
properly
working and I can ping / resolve the DC controller via ip or name.


When I issue the command via " net rpc join domainname -S -U
administrator

I get an error stating invalid computer name.


I have given my box a proper name eg. fedora.domainname.local and
have
created the name fedora in my DC 2003 controller.


What am I missing here? please advise a hardcore Noobie

On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 01:27:43 +0000, CID wrote:

> Hello.
>
> I am trying to slowly migrate my computing needs over from windows to
> linux
> flavored OS such as Fedora, but I am having some issues along the way.
>
>
> I have fedora core 4 installed on my pc up and running. What I would
> like
> to do is to join this workstation to 2003 server, however I am not
> having
> any luck. WinBind is installed in this pc and enabled. Nic are
> properly
> working and I can ping / resolve the DC controller via ip or name.
>
>
> When I issue the command via " net rpc join domainname -S -U
> administrator
>
> I get an error stating invalid computer name.

According to the Samba documentation, the command should be :
net rpc join -S DOMPDC -UAdministrator%password
Replace DOMPDC with the name of your pdc.
Of course, with Windows 2003, there probably isn't a PDC, since that is a
NT4 domain thing, not Active directory, and Win 2003 would presumably be
an AD environment.

Maybe you want :
net ads join -UAdministrator%password

I'd suggest reading the following official Samba docs on the subject :
http://tinyurl.com/9fnhr

>
>
> I have given my box a proper name eg. fedora.domainname.local and
> have
> created the name fedora in my DC 2003 controller.
>
>
> What am I missing here? please advise a hardcore Noobie

Sounds like you need to read the documentation for joing an Active
Directory style domain, and follow the instructions. The Samba mailing
lists are also a good source for info...Try searching there.

--
- Matt -

CID wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I am trying to slowly migrate my computing needs over from windows to
> linux
> flavored OS such as Fedora, but I am having some issues along the way.
>
>
> I have fedora core 4 installed on my pc up and running. What I would
> like
> to do is to join this workstation to 2003 server, however I am not
> having
> any luck. WinBind is installed in this pc and enabled. Nic are
> properly
> working and I can ping / resolve the DC controller via ip or name.
>
>
> When I issue the command via " net rpc join domainname -S -U
> administrator
>
> I get an error stating invalid computer name.
>
>
> I have given my box a proper name eg. fedora.domainname.local and
> have
> created the name fedora in my DC 2003 controller.
>
>
> What am I missing here? please advise a hardcore Noobie
>
>
>
You need to make sure that your computer knows the 2003 server's IP
address, e.g. by putting an entry for it in your /etc/hosts file.

Robert