HP CIFS Server 3.0b Administrator's Guide version A.02.01.01
NT Style Domains
Join a Windows Client to a Samba Domain
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$ /opt/samba/LDAP/smbldap-tools/smbldap-useradd.pl \
client1$
As an example, the resulting entry in the LDAP directory server
for a client machine named “client1” would be:
dn: uid=client1, ou=people,dc=cup, dc=hp, dc=com
objectClass: top,
inetOrgPerson,posixAccount,organizationPerson, person
cn: client1$
sn: client1$
uid: client1$
uidNumber: 1002
gidNumber: 202
homeDirectory: _HOMEPREFIX_/client1$
loginShell: _LOGINSHELL_
userPassword: {crypt}x
pwdLastSet: 1076466300
logonTime: 0
logofftime: 2147483650
kickoffTime: 2147483650
pwdCanChange: 0
pwdMustChange: 2147483650
rid: 1206
primaryGroupID: 1041
acctFlags: [W ]
displayName: client1$
3. Run the smbpasswd program on the Samba PDC server to create the
Windows account:
• Use the following command to add the Windows account for a
Windows client to the /var/opt/samba/private/smbpasswd file
if the passdb backend option is set to smbpasswd:
$ smbpasswd -a -m client1$
An example of the associated machine entry in the
/etc/opt/samba/private/smbpasswd file for a client machine
named “client1” would be:
client1$:*803:808:ED816822D0393DAAD3B435B51404DD:321A
BEEFE10EC431B9BBFF1A1C0C047:[W ]:LCT-0000000:
• Use the following command to add the sambaSamAccount entry
for a Windows client to the LDAP directory server if the passdb
backend option is set to ldapsam or ldapsam_compat: