Hi Sean, No, i did nothing to krb5.conf Didn't find any reference to that. Can you send me your example, please ? I only put tux.dte.ua.pt TUX.DTE.UA.PT in krb.realms Warm Regards, Mário Gamito Sean O'Connell wrote: > On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 11:19 +0100, Mário Gamito wrote: > >>Hi, >> >>I have this (Linux) Samba file server, that indeed is a client of a >>Windows 2000 Server PDC, using Active Directory. >> >>I am the Samba machine admin, but not the Windows one. >> >>I have to join the Samba machine to the PDC on the 2000 server. >> >>I ask the Windows 2000 server admin to come to my Samba machine and >>insert his login and password to join my machine, but i always get the >>same error (after my signature, along with other relevant data). >> >>I tried: >> >># net ads join -Uzbr at dte.ua.pt >> >>What could be causing the error ? >> >>Another question.: >>In the moment of joining the Samba machine to the PDC on the Windows >>2000 Server, the Samba daemons must be up or down (i've read >>contraditory things about this issue) ? >> >>Any help would be apreciated. >> >>Warm Regards, >>Mário Gamito >>------------ >>[root at tux moreira]# # net ads join -Uzbr at dte.ua.pt >>foobar at foobar.pt's password: >>[2005/04/06 09:24:16, 0] >> ads_connect: Cannot find KDC for requested realm >>[root at tux moreira]# > > > Mario- > > Have you fixed your /etc/krb5.conf to reflect your AD domain? Can you > kinit as zbr? I had a similar problem with kinit, and it turned out that > I had not fully configured my krb5.conf to reflect our AD domain (still > had some references to EXAMPLE.COM .. d'oh :) > > Hope that helps, > Sean