[Samba] net ads join fails

[sharif islam]

On Tue, 02 Nov 2004 14:34:15 -0800, Tom Dickson <tdickson at inostor.com> wrote:
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> ~ /usr/bin/net ads join -Udennisb
> dennisb password:
> [2004/11/02 17:31:56, 0] libads/ldap.c:ads_add_machine_acct(1006)
> ~  Host account for if-srv-hos1 already exists - modifying old account
> [2004/11/02 17:31:56, 0] libads/ldap.c:ads_join_realm(1342)
> ~  ads_add_machine_acct: No such object
> ads_join_realm: No such object

What version of samba and kerberos are you using? I had problems with
the version that comes with redhat. I wasn't able to get ads work with
it. samba.3.0.7 and krb1.3.5 worked for me. And make sure on smb.conf
, you have 'security=ADS'.