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

[James Fromm]

That worked.  Server joined just fine.  Thanks Robert!

Thanks,
James

On 04/15/2015 12:48 PM, Robert Moulton wrote:
> 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/
>