Ubunthu client - how to join an Active Directory domain 1

[ceil32]

I have an Ubunthu 8.10 client with a static IP config on my LAN.

I can ping or RDP to any Windows client or Server from this Ubunthu client

I edited /etc/samba/conf/smb.conf to reflect the domain name

I restarted the machine.

I then issued the following command from a terminal (I also tried numerous variations of it with the same result)

net join -W Domainname -S Domaincontroller

Error message - "error storing domain SID for domainname"

"Enter current user password"

"Unable to join domain domainname"

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Can anyone assist?

Thanks

 

[pentode]

Maybe here as a start:

http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/netsysm/article.php/3502441

You need to add the machine to the Active Directory server's computer list.

 

[ceil32]

Strange, but the Linux computer account already exists in Active Directory but I didn't create it..

I tried to follow the steps in the link:

1. /etc/samba only contains two files - gdbcommands & smb.conf

2. There were no .tdb files

3. /etc/ntp.con does not exist

 

[benlinkknilneb]

I once found the solution to your problem; it was long and drawn-out, and I don't know where the link is.

If you'd like a quick fix though, you might check out Likewise-Open. It's a package that joins Linux to the Active Directory domain very easily. I haven't used it extensively yet but what I have seen of it, it's pretty cool.

http://www.Likewise.com

Ben
Windows isn't the answer; it's the question. NO is the answer.

 

[ceil32]

When I try and install the likewise file by double clicking it as a normal user, I get the following error:

"The installer requires Root privileges. Become superuser before executing installer"

I then issue sudo from a terminal line and become root, but I can't find the file from the terminal location - the files is physically located on desktop of the named user

Any ideas??

Thanks.

 

[ceil32]

When I try and install the likewise file by double clicking it as a normal user, I get the following error:

"The installer requires Root privileges. Become superuser before executing installer"

I then issue sudo from a terminal line and become root, but I can't find the file from the terminal location - the files is physically located on d

 

[benlinkknilneb]

In Ubuntu the Desktop is

/home/$USERNAME/Desktop

Note that Desktop is capitalized.

Ben
Windows isn't the answer; it's the question. NO is the answer.

 

[ceil32]

OK got it extracted from a terminal line

Where do I go from here - can't find the program under the GUI and can't see where it extracted to..

Thanks..

 

[ceil32]

I tried to install Likewise from a command line as follows:

'sudo apt-get install likewise-open-gui'

The following then appears:

"Reading package lists...done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information...done
The following new packages will be installed:
LIKEWISE-OPEN-GUI
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed
Need to get 111kb of archives
...............
.................
Processing triggers for man-db
Setting up LIKEWISE-OPEN-GUI(4.1.2982-0ubuntu)"

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It then brings me back to the command line and if I search for Likewise under /opt or anywhere else, nothing else seems to have changed

Can anyone help?

 

[ceil32]

I've managed to get as far as being prompted for AD authentication, but when I rebooted I got the following error:

( I was prompted within Ubunthu to run some updates)

kernel panic - not syncing : vfs : unable to mount root fs on unknown block (0,0)

I know I need to edit /etc/lilo.conf

And include the new kernel details - how can I access this file if the machine won't boot any further that the error message?