On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 11:57 AM, Jason Somers <[email protected]> wrote: > We shift computers around a lot, and therefore need to rename several > whenever we get new batches of systems in. > > Tried simply renaming a system while on the domain, but got an "access > denied" error. I WAS able to disjoin the domain, remove the LDAP entry for > the computer, log in as a local administrator, rename the computer, and > rejoin the domain a different computer name. > > However, this is a HUGE pain. The number of reboots alone is a genuine > time-killer. Doing it one several systems can waste an entire day. Does > anyone have any suggestions? >
Do all of these steps with only rebooting at the end even though windows tells you to reboot after every step. John -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
