[Samba] Samba4 how to remove a machine from the domain

steve steve at steve-ss.com
Thu Mar 8 08:10:41 MST 2012


On 08/03/12 16:08, Mark Rutherford wrote:
> Hmmm.... possibly.
> I just use the windows tools to manage AD myself.
>
> A quick look at the functionality of samba-tool does not yield anything
> that looks like a way to delete a machine account.
> You can probably do this with LDAP but the safest way would probably be
> by using the AD tools from MS.
>
> I am sure someone will chime in if this is possible.
>
>
> On 3/8/2012 10:04 AM, steve wrote:
>> On 08/03/12 15:49, Mark Rutherford wrote:
>>> Active directory users and computers. (dsa.msc)
>>> Just right-click the computer you want to delete and hit delete.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 3/8/2012 9:47 AM, steve wrote:
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> How do I remove a machine which is o longer connected to the domain?
>>>> e.g. the has been stolen or just moved without having unjoined before.
>>>> I want to be able to replace the machine with with a new box with same
>>>> hostname.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Steve
>>>
>>
>> Thanks Mark.
>>
>> Is there a samba-tool cli way to do that?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> steve.
>
Yea. Thanks. Not a problem. It's just that we are trying not to have a 
box tied up just for admin, that's all.


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