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

[Raj Pagaku]

Jerry,

Thanks for your response.  Any specific reason why 'net rpc join'
doesn't support it?

Since we needed this functionality (customer didn't like it when we said
we don't support that :)), we wrote a small function that utilizes
smbldap_xxx routines.  Specifically our small function utilizes the
following smbldap_xxx routines:

smbldap_set_mod - to set 'cn', 'sAMAccountName', 'objectClass',
'userAccountControl'.
smbldap_init - to initialize the connection with AD server
smbldap_set_creds - set the credentials for the connection
smbldap_add - to precreate the machine account object in the location.

Please let me know if we are doing something fundamentally wrong.

I will be happy to submit the patch to samba group or to anyone who
requires it.

Regards
Raj Pagaku


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gerald (Jerry) Carter [mailto:jerry at samba.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 2:12 PM
> To: Raj Pagaku
> Cc: samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Argument createcomputer does not work in net rpc
join
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> Raj Pagaku wrote:
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> > 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?
> 
> No.  Net rpc join does not support creating the machine in
> a specific OU.  That is a AD-specific operation.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> cheers, jerry
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