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pseudonomous

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Registered: 2008-04-23

Posts: 349

Anybody know anything about Windows 7 joining Samba/NT4 Domains?

Hello all,

I recently failed at getting a computer running Windows 7 to join a Samba server's domain, I was later succesful at joining the machine to the domain after installing Windows 2000 and discovered the solution (adding missing data in the ldap database for the machine account) would possibly have allowed me to join the domain w/ Windows 7 on the client machine.

While I'd love to find this out by trial and error, I can't experiment right away, since other people need to use these computers.  Google searches seem to yield mixed results; some people have indicated that they've successfully joined domains w/ a Samba PDC or NT4 PDC (which should be, for all intents and purposes ecquivalent feats), but other threads seem to indicate that

1) there might be regressions in later Win 7 releases, preventing people who formerly were able to join NT4/Samba domains from doing so as of May 2009.

2) Microsoft considers this functionality (the ability to join NT4 style domains) depracated.

3) Microsoft has promised to fix things so that Win 7 machines will connect to Samba PDCs.

I was wondering if, pending my own direct expirementation, somebody could help me cut through the FUD.

thanks!

Last edited by pseudonomous (2009-07-29 05:29:40)

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lifanov

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Registered: 2009-03-16

Posts: 44

Re: Anybody know anything about Windows 7 joining Samba/NT4 Domains?

I don't know if I'm ressurecting a dead topic or not, but in my experience Windows 7 fails a trust relationship with samba versions below 3.3.4. After 3.3.4 it joins just fine. I know this because at the time I was running an Ubuntu Server as a samba PDC. I had to recompile a newer version of samba. I replaced it with Arch soon after, which had an up-to-date package.

stryder

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Registered: 2009-02-28

Posts: 500

Re: Anybody know anything about Windows 7 joining Samba/NT4 Domains?

Thanks, that's useful to know, as I'll probably get Win7 at some point.

Nepherte

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From: Singapore

Registered: 2008-09-09

Posts: 427

Re: Anybody know anything about Windows 7 joining Samba/NT4 Domains?

The ubuntu 9.10 release notes mention something similar: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/release … controller