samba-tool domain join (W2k)

[Dirk Gouders]

Matthias Dieter Wallnöfer <mdw at samba.org> writes:

> 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

Hi Matthias,

I probably need some time for the test, because shortly after
having replaced it by Samba4, the w2k server in question showed hardware
problems.  I'll try to perform the test after the weekend and come back with
reports.

Best regards,

Dirk

> 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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>> Authentication Developer, Samba Teamhttp://samba.org