[Samba] Argument createcomputer does not work in net rpc join

[Raj Pagaku]

Hello,

Any suggestions or pointers from the folks would be highly appreciated.
I didn't attach smb.conf since this was a generic question.

Thanks in advance.

Regards
Raj Pagaku

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Raj Pagaku
> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 2:45 PM
> To: samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: [Samba] Argument createcomputer does not work in net rpc join
> 
> Hello,
> 
> We are using samba-3.0.25a and we want to join our system onto the
> Active Directory server in a specific location.  The argument
> 'createcomputer' is exactly what we want and it works perfectly when
we
> do a 'net ads join' but fails when we do a 'net rpc join'.  The
computer
> object always gets created in the 'Computers' folder.
> 
> Looking at the code it appears that the 'net rpc join' doesn't support
> the 'createcomputer' argument.  Is there a specific reason why it
isn't
> supported?  Are there plans to support the 'createcomputer' argument
in
> the 'net rpc join' command in any future releases?
> 
> Thanks
> Raj Pagaku