[Samba] Domain self join

[Rowland Penny]

On Fri, 11 Nov 2016 17:19:13 +0100
Ronny Forberger via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I want to authenticate against Samba 4 using samba and sssd on FreeBSD
> using this guide:
> 
> http://serverfault.com/questions/599200/how-to-integrate-active-directory-with-freebsd-10-0-using-security-sssd
> 
> The problem is, the machine I want to install authentication on is the
> domain controller itsself.
> 
> So the following commands show the errors:
> 
> net ads join createupn=host/macy.ronnyforberger.de at RONNYFORBERGER.DE
> -k -d1 Host is not configured as a member server.
> Invalid configuration.  Exiting....
> Failed to join domain: This operation is only allowed for the PDC of
> the domain.
> 
> The host role is active directory domain controller.
> Any ideas how i can join the domain with this host?
> 
> Best regards,
> Ronny
> 

Two things here, one, you don't join a DC to the domain, it is already
joined. Secondly, you are asking in the wrong place for SSSD problems,
try the sssd-users list, they are the sssd experts.

Rowland