HP CIFS Server "net ads join" with Minimum User Permissions

Chapter 4 Add Using Windows MMC, Join Using “net ads

join” at the HP-UX Command Line

For Scenario 2 the next step is to assign the minimum rights for Darla to join the CIFS/Samba computer

object to the Active Directory using “net ads join”, but the Windows Administrator will actually add the

computer object to the domain using the Users and Computers MMC. This scenario is useful when

Samba cannot determine where the computer object must be added because the Active Directory schema

design is customized and does not follow the default Windows schema. The MMC is used to add the

object, and “net ads join” modifies the existing object.

When adding the computer object with the MMC,

do not

select “Assign this computer account as a pre-

Windows 2000 computer”: