"net ads join" problems

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

Chris Garrison wrote:

> hpss-gateb2:~# net ads join -U ecgarris
> ecgarris's password:
> [2006/11/01 13:39:28, 0] libads/ldap.c:ads_add_machine_acct(1512)
>   Warning: ads_set_machine_sd: Unexpected information received
> 
> ...and it hangs, waiting on a read from one of the ADS servers,
> according to tcpdump.

I'd recommend trying a newer version of Samba (3.0.23c).
The net ads join code has changed a lot and it is likely
the bug does not exist anymore.  You should be able to join
with the new version of net and still run the old smbd



cheers, jerry
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