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 -- Sean O'Connell Office of Engineering Computing oconnell at soe.ucsd.edu Jacobs School of Engineering, UCSD 858.534.7916 (47916)