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

Mgr. Peter Tuharsky tuharsky at misbb.sk
Fri Apr 17 01:29:27 MDT 2015


Wow, this is great.

However, we need to use DNS. If we enable it AFTER the computer has
joined the domain, would it keep working, or DNS is no avail in W8.1?


Dňa 15.04.2015 o 22:03 James Fromm napísal(a):
> 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/
>>
>>



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