samba-tool domain join (W2k)

[Matthias Dieter Wallnöfer]

Hi Dirk,

we are coming back to you since we have developed a solution. Please 
test the following patch and tell us if it worked out: 
http://gitweb.samba.org/samba.git/?p=mdw/samba.git;a=commitdiff;h=b2fc29f98e493f31129bbd9db07f3a5f7e294eb7

Thanks,
Matthias Wallnöfer

> On Thu, 2011-09-08 at 09:11 +0200, Dirk Gouders wrote:
> >/  Andrew Bartlett<abartlet at samba.org  <https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba-technical>>  writes:
> />/
> />/  >  On Wed, 2011-09-07 at 18:30 +0200, Dirk Gouders wrote:
> />/  >>  Hi,
> />/  >>
> />/  >>  I am trying to join a Domain following the description in
> />/  >>
> />/  >>  http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba4/HOWTO/Join_a_domain_as_a_DC
> />/  >>
> />/  >>  but get errors and would like to ask about the current state of "domain
> />/  >>  join" and if I probably might get it working with minor fixes.
> />/  >
> />/  >  Thanks for spotting this.  The first regressions were only just
> />/  >  introduced, and we will try and fix this up shortly.  The second may be
> />/  >  a little more difficult (Win2000 support is difficult as it didn't have
> />/  >  some features we now regularly use), but we can work around it.
> />/
> />/  I read in another thread that one has to go via Win2003 to solve this
> />/  problem.  Do you mean this workaround?
> /
> We can probably do better than needing you to use Win2003.  AD has many
> different APIs, we just need to use a different one here :-)
>
> >/  Dirk
> />/
> />/  PS: I am not familiar with the samba wiki customs but I would update the
> />/      wiki with such details that I come to know if there are no
> />/      objections.
> /
> This is a bug, we will fix it.  There may be other reasons (such as lack
> of testing) not to go directly from Windows 2000, but we should be able
> to fix this one.
>
> Andrew Bartlett
>
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