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joining RHEl5 machine to domain

HI all ,
I have RHEL5 as OS. My active directory is in Windows 2008 server.
I want to join my linux mcahine to domain.
kinldy tell me step by step .
any help will be appreciable
jatender

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JATENDER1979

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fosiul01:

I run the command
kinit administrator@abc.dyd.ac.in
it runs fine
but when i configure smb.conf and restarted it and then run the command
# net ads join -U administrator@abc.dyd.ac.in
it asks for password when i put the password then it gives the message
Failed to join domain: Improperly formed account name
any help

fosiul01

When you are runnign this

net ads join -U administrator@abc.dyd.ac.in

at that time, smb service is running or stop ??

make sure its stop,

JATENDER1979

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it is running
what i think the versio of samba is 3.0 with me i have to update it but i am not sure from whre to get it as i have RHEL5 with only one license and i have renewed it .
i downloaded samba-common3-3 rpm but it did work as i was for fedora11

fosiul01

i thi nk for rehel5 , paid service, its "up2date" command

Before applying this article to your production server, you should test it in a development box such as Vmware ...

fosiul01

also you need to execute this command

net ads join -U administrator@abc.dyd.ac.in

while Samba service is not running

JATENDER1979

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fosiul01:

I run the command
#kinit administrator@abc.com
it runs
then i run
# net ads join -U administrator@abc.com
it also joins to the domain.
now how should i confirm it.
with an example.
how the domain user is going to use it

any help