[Samba] Domain Join fails w/ Samba4 to AD

[Rowland Penny]

On 19/02/15 16:01, Cam Clayton wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I’m unable to get Samba4 to join an existing AD domain as a DC. Running a Win2k12 R2 Server as primary.
>
> This is a test server, before rolling it out live to a remote location.
>
> it at testdom:~$ sudo samba-tool domain join example.com DC -Uadministrator —realm=example.com --server "ad.example.com" --dns=SAMBA_INTERNAL -WEXAMPLE
> [sudo] password for it:
> Password for [EXAMPLE\administrator]:
> workgroup is EXAMPLE
> realm is EXAMPLE.com
> checking sAMAccountName
> Adding CN=TESTDOM,OU=Domain Controllers,DC=example,DC=com
> Adding CN=TESTDOM,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=example,DC=com
> Join failed - cleaning up
> checking sAMAccountName
> Deleted CN=TESTDOM,OU=Domain Controllers,DC=example,DC=com
> ERROR(ldb): uncaught exception - LDAP error 32 LDAP_NO_SUCH_OBJECT - CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=example,DC=com <0000208D: NameErr: DSID-03100238, problem 2001 (NO_OBJECT), data 0, best match of:
> 	'CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=example,DC=com'
>> <>
>    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/samba/netcmd/__init__.py", line 175, in _run
>      return self.run(*args, **kwargs)
>    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/samba/netcmd/domain.py", line 552, in run
>      machinepass=machinepass, use_ntvfs=use_ntvfs, dns_backend=dns_backend)
>    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/samba/join.py", line 1172, in join_DC
>      ctx.do_join()
>    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/samba/join.py", line 1075, in do_join
>      ctx.join_add_objects()
>    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/samba/join.py", line 534, in join_add_objects
>      ctx.samdb.add(rec)
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Cam Clayton

First thing that jumps out (provided it isn't a cut & paste error)

--server "ad.example.com"

Should be:

--server="ad.example.com"

Also I am not sure whether samba4 will join a Win2k12 R2 domain.

Rowland