[Samba] Remove dead server from domain.
Alex Matthews
qoole.samba at lillimoth.com
Mon Dec 10 06:49:14 MST 2012
Hi all,
Sorry to bump my own thread but are there any suggestions for this issue?
Thanks,
Alex
On 05/12/2012 12:53, Thomas Simmons wrote:
> Just to note, I have seen the same problem deleting "real" Windows
> Server DCs with rc4 and rc5. The first time I try deleting the DC via
> ADUC, I get the error:
>
> *Windows cannot delete object LDAP://10.1.1.254/CN=ADC2,OU=Domain
> <http://10.1.1.254/CN=ADC2,OU=Domain>
> Controllers,DC=internal,DC=testdom,DC=com because:
> The parameter is incorrect.
>
> On subsequent tries, the following error is displayed:
>
> Windows cannot delete object LDAP://10.1.1.254/CN=ADC2,OU=Domain
> <http://10.1.1.254/CN=ADC2,OU=Domain>
> Controllers,DC=internal,DC=testdom,DC=com because:
> The specified module could not be found.*
> *
> *
> *My testing has shown that Windows Servers often fail to demote in
> various circumstances, so a solution to remove them from AD would be
> very useful.*
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 7:36 AM, Alex Matthews
> <qoole.samba at lillimoth.com <mailto:qoole.samba at lillimoth.com>> wrote:
>
> Hiya,
>
>
> I have an S4 domain running that I added another S4 machine to as
> an extra domain controller. That machine, unfotunately died (quite
> spectacularly I must say, think magic blue smoke). I would like to
> remove the dead domain controller from the domain.
>
> In ADUC I can see the DC under 'Domain Controllers' but when I try
> to delete it (having ticked the 'permanently offline' box) I get
> the following error:
>
> "Windows cannot delete object
> LDAP://tainan.internal.stmaryscollege.co.uk/CN=PEFW01,OU=Domain
> <http://tainan.internal.stmaryscollege.co.uk/CN=PEFW01,OU=Domain>
> Controllers,DC=internal,DC=stmaryscollege,DC=co,DC=uk because:
>
> The specified module could not be found."
>
> Is there a command line tool that I could try (samba-tool doesn't
> seem to have an option to remove the machine).
>
> Any other suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alex
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