[Samba] net ads testjoin

[grant little]

On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 10:01 AM, <tms3 at tms3.com> wrote:

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> On Tuesday 06/07/2010 at 8:03 am, Khaled Blah  wrote:
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>  It seems you didn't even read my initial question. Quoting myself here:
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> It seems you are asking for the answer to the ultimate question, the answer
> of which is 42.  However, you haven't asked THE question.
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>> Now, I use "net" to join Windows AD domains and was wondering where I
>> can find out more information on what happens during a "net ads
>> testjoin".
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> It tests the validity of the Samba server's AD machine account status. You
> can see what's happening with wireshark or other packet sniffer.
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>> The information I found on the documentation pages of net
>> or smb.conf on the website did not say much about it. I have noticed
>> that a "testjoin" will ask for a password when the domain membership
>> is not valid and it'll ignore kerberos tickets. Is there something I
>> am missing here?
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> I dunno, what are you looking for?
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>> Regards,
>> Khaled
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>> 2010/7/6  <tms3 at tms3.com>:
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>>> SNIP
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>>> Is there anyone who can help with this question?
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>>> prism# net ads testjoin
>>> Join is OK
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>>> That's about it.  Pretty simple.
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>>> Regards,
>>> Khaled
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You may find some information in chapter 10 of the book Using Samba by **Gerald
Carter <http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/1035>; Jay
Ts<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/996>;
Robert Eckstein <http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/155>