[Samba] Samba 3 and Windows Server 2003

Derek T. Yarnell derek at cs.umd.edu
Mon Oct 13 20:51:03 GMT 2003


On Sun, Oct 12, 2003 at 03:32:51PM -0500, tvsjr wrote:
> At 03:12 PM 10/12/2003 -0500, Bryan Haro wrote:
> >Okay, I'm trying to get my samba server to talk to my Windows 2003 domain
> >running in native 2003 mode.  First, while trying to add the samba server
> >with the "net ads join" command, it just wouldn't work.  I wouldn't get an
> >error or a confirmation, I'd just be sent back to the command prompt.  My
> >krb5.conf file is setup properly and when I run a kinit command, it runs
> >fine.   Anyway, I gave up on that as I really don't need full ADS domain
> >membership.
> 
> If the directory is running in Windows Server 2003 mode (a superset of 
> native mode) then it won't work, from what I understand. I believe this is 
> stated in the HOWTOs. You'll need to reconfigure your server and use native 
> mode rather than native 2003 mode.
> 
> Disclaimer: I have successfully joined a few Red Hat 9 boxes to my Active 
> Directory in Native 2000 mode.

Can anyone really confirm this, I am having trouble with verifying
tickets with a 2003 Server in Native 2003 Mode. But what I have read is
that you can't change back from native 2003 mode, to just native mode.
Is this true?

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Derek T. Yarnell
University of Maryland
Computer Science Department Unix Staff
derek at cs.umd.edu



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