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

[Robert Moulton]

James Fromm wrote on 4/15/15 12:45 PM:
> Odd, we've used a FQDN for our netbios domain for 15 years.  I'll give
> it shot.
>
> On 04/15/2015 12:40 PM, Robert Moulton wrote:
>> Sonic wrote on 4/15/15 12:34 PM:
>>> On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 3:23 PM, James Fromm <fromm at omnis.com> wrote:
>>>> workgroup = CUST.OMNIS.COM
>>>
>>> My understanding is that workgroup names are NetBIOS names and are
>>> therefore not hierarchical like domain names (no dots, 15 characters,
>>> etc.).
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>
>> We encountered this too, when trying to join Win 8 and Win 2012 systems
>> to a S3 domain with a dot in its name. As far as I know it's not
>> possible.

It could be made to work up to Win 7.

I don't think we ever tried this static IP / no DNS trick; might be 
worth a shot:

 
http://tam.belchenstuermer.de/join-a-samba-domain-with-dot-in-its-name-using-windows-8-1/