[Samba] How to join a Linux machine to a Samba4 domain

[Ricky Nance]

Don't add the DC to your hosts file, that can cause dns issues to be
hidden, making seemingly random problems VERY hard to find later on.

Ricky


On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 11:22 AM, Lea Massiot <lmloge at orange.fr> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> > add the DC IP and fqdn to /etc/hosts
>
> If the DC IP is: 192.168.0.13
> and its fqdn is: b.example.com
> where "b" is the hostname of the DC,
> does this mean that I have to add the line below to "/etc/hosts"?
>
> 192.168.0.13    b.example.com
>
> > make sure that the client has the DC has its primary DNS.
>
> Do you mean that my "/etc/resolv.conf" should look like this (below)?
>
> search example.com
> nameserver 192.168.0.13
>
> > It should also get domain users authenticated.
>
> What does this mean?
>
> Best regards.
>
>
>
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