RE: Linux in the workplace: NT Domains

["Kurt Lieber" <kurtl@pair.com>]

> You have to join the linux computer to the domain, which 
> requires some level of admin privilages.  (We'll assume you 
> have those)
> 
> %>smppasswd -j domainname -r NetBIOS-name-of-PDC  (which the 
> linux box needs to be able to resolve, either by broadcast, 
> /etc/hosts or your samba lmhosts file (which should be in the 
> same directory as your smb.conf file)

I should also point out that, AFAIK, you have to create the computer
account in NT before you try to join it to the domain.  I don't believe
you can have samba tell NT to automatically create the account as you
join the domain.

--kurt