+1 for verification that you don't have a ghost entry of the machine. On May 5, 2016 9:41 PM, "Michael Torrie" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 05/05/2016 05:33 PM, Kyle Waters wrote: > > I'm trying to join a computer to a samba domain and I get the error: > > > > The following error occurred attempting to join the domain "MIDDLEEARTH": > > > > The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted. > > > > > > Other computers are connected to and using this domain. This computer is > > replace an other workstation that has be decommissioned. > > It's been a long time since I worked with Samba domains but if I recall, > isn't there something you have to do with the password of the machine > account before you can join? Especially if you are replacing an > existing computer that had already been a part of the domain with that > machine account. Maybe the easiest thing is to delete the machine > account and recreate it? smbpasswd -m ? > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
