[Samba] Samba 4 PDC and Windows Join

[L.P.H. van Belle]

As far as i know, as of samba 4, i dont do any registry changes anymore. 
And thinking.. even with samba 3 i did not set these on my win 7 systems. 
I still have few win 7 pc's connect to samba 3.6 PDC, without registry changes.  

But it all depends on correct dns / dns domainname /wins settings. 
( for samba also, i always use "dns proxy = yes" ) 

If these arent correct, then the registry hacks are needed. 
My home server is a "PDC" setup, but i do set the needed dns/domain/search 
Setting in my dhcp. Which makes dns name resolution always works. 

For the wiki.. well, best thing is to keep it there. 
Lots of home/pdc servers dont have correct dns/dhcp settings, which makes things fail. 

Other info also
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2171571 

if you see: 
"Changing the Primary Domain DNS name of this computer to "" failed.
    The name will remain "MYDOM".  The error was:
    The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted"



Greetz, 

Louis


> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: samba [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] Namens Rowland Penny
> Verzonden: vrijdag 2 oktober 2015 10:11
> Aan: samba at lists.samba.org
> Onderwerp: Re: [Samba] Samba 4 PDC and Windows Join
> 
> On 02/10/15 08:20, L.P.H. van Belle wrote:
> > No, should not be needed.
> >
> > At least, i dont set anything these days, it just works.
> > Tested with win XP => Win 10
> >
> > Gr.
> > Louis
> >
> >
> >> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> >> Van: samba [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] Namens Dario Lesca
> >> Verzonden: vrijdag 2 oktober 2015 9:14
> >> Aan: Samba List
> >> Onderwerp: [Samba] Samba 4 PDC and Windows Join
> >>
> >> If I setup a samba 4 PDC (not AD) like I do with samba 3, I still have
> >> to change the follow registry key on Win 7/8/?/10 for join it to samba
> >> domain ?
> >>
> >>
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\LanmanWorkstation\Pa
> >> rameters]
> >>> "DomainCompatibilityMode"=dword:00000001
> >>> "DNSNameResolutionRequired"=dword:00000000
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Netlogon\Parameters]
> >>> "DisablePasswordChange"=dword:00000001
> >> Many thanks
> >>
> >> --
> >> Dario Lesca
> >> (inviato dal mio Linux Fedora 22 con Gnome 3.16)
> >>
> >>
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> 
> Hi Louis, are you saying that most of this page could be deleted?:
> 
> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Required_settings_for_NT4-style_domains
> 
> Rowland
> 
> P.S. Does nobody read the wiki?
> 
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