[Samba] Join Server to Domain Fails

[Adam Williams]

add -U root%password

Bit Byte wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> Would anyone please help me troubleshoot the following?
>
> [root at myserver ~]# service smb status
> smbd is stopped
> nmbd is stopped
> [root at myserver ~]# net rpc join -S MYPDC
> Password:
> Creation of workstation account failed
> User specified does not have administrator privileges
> Unable to join domain MYDOMAIN.
> [root at myserver ~]#
>
> I'm not sure why this would happen if my user specified (root by default,
> yes?) has admin privileges.
>
> Thanks,
> bit
>