[Samba] Join Windows machines to a Samba3 domain

[Thomas Simmons]

You can't upgrade to an Active Directory domain and go back to an NT4-style
domain. I think your best bet is to get Samba4 working.

On Jan 16, 2014 11:51 AM, "Lea Massiot" <lmloge at orange.fr> wrote:
>
> I really need some help.
> Every time I try to join the Samba3 domain from any Windows machine in my
> LAN I get the same message (see my previous post: "An Active Directory
> Domain Controller (AD DC) for the domain "MY_DOMAIN" could not be
contacted.
> [...]").
> This didn't use to happen before I introduced a Samba4 domain controller
in
> this very same LAN. Presently, the machine which was running the Samba4
> domain controller is shutdown.
> The only running domain controller is a Samba3 domain controller which is
> configured the way I usually do, a way which has perfectly worked for
years
> now.
> I have tried "millions" of things both on the server and on the Windows
> machines and I can't still make it work.
> It's driving me mad.
> Thank you and best regards.
>
>
>
>
>
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 On Jan 16, 2014 11:51 AM, "Lea Massiot" <lmloge at orange.fr> wrote:

> I really need some help.
> Every time I try to join the Samba3 domain from any Windows machine in my
> LAN I get the same message (see my previous post: "An Active Directory
> Domain Controller (AD DC) for the domain "MY_DOMAIN" could not be
> contacted.
> [...]").
> This didn't use to happen before I introduced a Samba4 domain controller in
> this very same LAN. Presently, the machine which was running the Samba4
> domain controller is shutdown.
> The only running domain controller is a Samba3 domain controller which is
> configured the way I usually do, a way which has perfectly worked for years
> now.
> I have tried "millions" of things both on the server and on the Windows
> machines and I can't still make it work.
> It's driving me mad.
> Thank you and best regards.
>
>
>
>
>
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> View this message in context:
> http://samba.2283325.n4.nabble.com/Join-Windows-machines-to-a-Samba3-domain-tp4659356p4659386.html
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