On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:33:25 -0700 David Mathog <mat...@caltech.edu> wrote:
DM> I am trying to automate W7 joining to our Samba domain. It works fine DM> through the Windows GUI from the W7 workstations. However, for a script DM> one would have to store password used for domain access, and since that DM> is the server's root password, I really don't want to hard code that DM> into a file. Grant the right to put a machine in the domain to a special user with no other privileges on the PDC or on the clients. it doesn't need to be able to login on the PDC or the clients the storage of the password of such an account is a lesser problem. SeMachineAccountPrivilege This right controls whether or not the user can join client machines to a Samba-controlled domain http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/rights.html -- Jean-Jacques Moulis Tel: (013) 281684 ISY Fax: (013) 139282 Linköping University E-mail: j...@isy.liu.se 581 83 Linköping -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba