[Samba] Join 2012 Server R2 as member to NT domain

[John Yocum]

On 04/15/2015 09:14 AM, James Fromm wrote:
> Is it still possible to join a Windows 2012 Server R2 system as a member
> to a 'pre-NT5' Samba (3.6.23) domain controller?    The Windows 'Domain
> Change' GUI errors immediately after failing the SRV lookup for the AD
> server.  Even with the SRV record in place, the GUI fails trying to
> connect to the non-existent LDAP port.
> 
> Netdom on the command line tries to work if the DC name is supplied on
> the /Domain argument.  The logs for Samba show the authentication for
> the domain administrator working fine to the Samba controller.  The
> command fails.
> 
> ----
> C:\Users\Administrator>netdom JOIN cl40 /Domain:cust.omnis.com\glen
> /UserD:cust.omnis.com\root /PasswordD:* /VERBOSE
> Type the password associated with the domain user:
> 
> Joining domain cust.omnis.com\glen
> 
> The computer rename attempt failed with error 50.
> 
> The request is not supported.
> 
> The command failed to complete successfully.
> ----
> 
> The DNSNameResolutionRequired and DomainCompatibilityMode registry
> modifications are in place.
> 
> We are trying to stick with an NT domain so we can keep our Windows and
> Unix users in the same LDAP backend.
> 
> Thanks,
> James

FWIW, I have joined Windows 2012 with Samba3/NT4 domain in the past.
However, I'm not sure if it'll work with a NT4 domain that has a dot in
the name.

That said, we made the upgrade from Samba3 to Samba4 AD, works great on
our Linux and Windows machines. But, we only store users in AD, so no
automount maps, etc.

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John Yocum, Systems Administrator, DEOHS