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

[steve]

On Thu, 2014-01-30 at 19:39 +0000, Rowland Penny wrote:
> On 30/01/14 19:14, Lea Massiot wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Steve:
> >
> > To sum up a bit:
> > if one wants a "Linux" client (B) to join a "Samba4 AD DC" domain running on
> > a machine (A) with IP 192.168.0.13, one should:
> >
> > 1) Install some packages on (B):
> >
> > apt-get install krb5-user krb5-config libpam-krb5 auth-client-config
> > sasl2-bin libsasl2-2 libsasl2-modules libsasl2-modules-gssapi-mit
> >
> > 2) Edit "/etc/krb5.conf" on (B), put these lines in it:
> >
> > [libdefaults]
> >          default_realm = EXAMPLE.COM
> >          dns_lookup_realm = false
> >          dns_lookup_kdc = true
> >
> > 3) Edit "/etc/resolv.conf" on (B)
> >
> > search example.com
> > nameserver 192.168.0.13
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > What about "samba-client"?
> > Does it have to be installed? You said "yes" earlier, but I'm not sure
> > anymore.
> > Is the "Debian Wheezy" package "samba-client" going to be compatible with
> > the "Samba4 AD DC" server which wasn't installed from a "Debian" package but
> > from the sources http://ftp.samba.org/pub/samba/samba-4.1.4.tar.gz?
> 
> Have you compiled samba-4.1.4 on the client as well as on the server?
> 
> If not then you need to install samba via apt-get
> 
> >
> > What is the command that has to be run then to join the domain?
> > "samba-tool domain join" or "net ads join" or something else?
> Use net ads join
> 
> >
> > Rowland:
> >
> > In the Web page you pointed me to:
> > https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Setup_and_configure_file_shares
> > I do not understand why they are talking about a "smb.conf" file in the
> > section "ACL support on member server".
> > Where does this "smb.conf" file come from?
> If you compile samba yourself then it will actually be 
> /usr/local/samba/etc/smb.conf and you will have to create it yourself, 
> but if you install samba via apt-get, you will get a sample 
> /etc/samba/smb.conf that you can alter.
> 
> > In the section "Setup share permissions", I'm reading "Enter the name of
> > your Samba server, you've create the new share on."
> > I already know how to create a share on the "Samba4 AD DC" server, what I
> > don't know is how to create a share on a Linux (Debian Wheezy) client,
> > member of this domain.
> It does not matter whether you create a samba share on the server, 
> fileserver or client, it is just done in the same way, add the share to 
> smb.conf, then create the directory as per the instructions on the howto.

Hi
The OP said that a minimal install of samba would be fine (just enough
to have the 'net' command), so I believe he won't/doesn't need to run
smbd. As I understand it, the file server is elsewhere. All he needs to
do is join the domain.
HTH
Steve