Problems logging onto domain

[Aaron D. Brooks]

> Subject: Re: Problems logging onto domain
> 
> tom,
> 
> you should be using a root account for the domain in the network control
> panel, not smbpasswd -a -m tompc$ or createuser tompc$.
> 
> 
> only use createuser tompc$ with the -j DOMAINNAME option, and only _after_
> you have actually joined tompc$ to the domain, and _only_ as a security
> measure due to microsoft using an insecure trust account password.

What??? Am I reading this right? That to create a machine account password
one needs to use the _GUI_ and cannot do anything on the UN*X side? If so,
that is TERRIBLE! Are we really taking a step that far backwards? Or am I
reading this all wrong? 

-Aaron

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Taylor University,  CSS Department
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