[Samba] Member Server in Active Directory

[M Maki]

Getting closer. Thank you Daniel Ramaley for your advice below, I now get 

# net ads join -U myadminaccount "PWR\Mediterranean  Coast 
Network\SAMO\Computers"
myadminaccount's password:
[2004/06/17 12:36:22, 0] libads/ldap.c:ads_add_machine_acct(1006)
Host account for inpsamo-debian already exists - modifying old account

and then it hangs. Watching with ethereal it hangs when my host transmits a 
kpasswd Request (port 464 Kerberos password changing protocol) to one of the 
domain controllers. kinit still seems to grant a valid ticket for the realm.

Any other ideas?

> Well, there has been no response to this problem yet. However, i have 
> stumbled upon the solution myself. I am posting it in the hope that the 
> solution is archived so others may see it.
> 
> As previously posted, this command gives an error:
>     # /usr/local/samba/bin/net ads join -U Cowles-Admin
>     Cowles-Admin's password: 
>     [2004/06/16 09:49:33, 0] libads/ldap.c:ads_add_machine_acct(1006)
>       Host account for cowl-backup already exists - modifying old
>     account
>     [2004/06/16 09:49:33, 0] libads/ldap.c:ads_join_realm(1336)
>       ads_add_machine_acct: No such object
>     ads_join_realm: No such object
> 
> However, if the OU that the pre-existing machine account is appended to 
> the command line, it works:
>     # /usr/local/samba/bin/net ads join -U Cowles-Admin \
>     "Cowles Library\Computers\testing"
>     Cowles-Admin's password: 
>     [2004/06/16 09:51:21, 0] libads/ldap.c:ads_add_machine_acct(1006)
>       Host account for cowl-backup already exists - modifying old
>     account
>     Using short domain name -- DRAKE
>     Joined 'COWL-BACKUP' to realm 'DRAKE.EDU'
> 
> I haven't done any testing yet, but so far it looks OK.