You should use either root or administrator (depending on your setup), however, any user with the SeMachineAccountPrivilege http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/rights.html will be able to add machines to the domain (root just has all of the Se privileges by default).
Ricky On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 4:03 AM, <quiz...@lavabit.com> wrote: > Thanks for your advice René. I checked the two clients and the one that is > already part of the domain did have these entries. The client I'm trying > to connect didn't so I added them. > > I restarted the client and tried to join it into the domain. I still get a > promt for an user and account that can join/connect to the domain. What > sort of account should be given here? > I've tried a few combinations but none succeeded. The documentation I > referred to earlier brings up a few alternative approaches, one being "a > Samba account that has root privileges on the Samba server". > > Just to point out: Besides the "actual" domain the clients are part of > there also seems to be a domain solely for the server (the server is named > FOOBAR and there's a corresponding FOOBAR domain) > > >Hi, > >did you change the registry of your Windows 7 Client? > >Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 > > > > >[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\LanmanWorkstation\Parameters] > >"DomainCompatibilityMode"=dword:00000001 > >"DNSNameResolutionRequired"=dword:00000000 > > > >Sounds a lot like you did not. > > > > > > > >Am 18.06.2013 08:03, schrieb quiz...@lavabit.com: > >> Hello > >> > >> I have recently "inherited" a small domain consisting of a linux > >> server running samba 3.6 and one client computer running Windows 7. > >> > >> I want to add another client (also running Windows 7) to the domain. > >> Previously adding clients has been done by manually creating a linux > >> machine account and samba account. > >> > >> I have created the accounts for the new client but when I try to > >> configure it to be part of the domain a window pops up prompting for > >> an account and password "that can join the domain". I don't really > >> know what to enter here and I am unable to add the machine. > >> > >> Quoting from the documentation: > >> http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/domain-memb > >> er.html#machine-trust-accounts > >> > >> "When the user elects to make the client a domain member, Windows 200x > >> prompts for an account and password that has privileges to create > >> machine accounts in the domain." > >> > >> "A Samba administrator account (i.e., a Samba account that has root > >> privileges on the Samba server) must be entered here; the operation > >> will fail if an ordinary user account is given. The necessary > >> privilege can be assured by creating a Samba SAM account for root or > >> by granting the SeMachineAccountPrivilege privilege to the user > account." > >> > >> What should I do sucessfully add the client to the domain? > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba