samba - Jan 2005 - Using WMI Classes to join worksation to domain

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Hi,

I have been working on a Kix script to automatically change the workstation name
and join the workstation to the domain. I have written most of the script (which
works quite nicely) except the joining to the domain part. I have been using WMI
classes to change the worksation name, and was hoping to do the same with the
domain join. The workstations are WinXP.

The code i'm using is 

$objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" +
"{impersonationLevel=impersonate,
authenticationLevel=Pkt}!\\.\root\cimv2")
$colComputers = $objWMIService.ExecQuery ("Select * from
Win32_ComputerSystem")
For Each $objComputer in $colComputers
    $ERRH =
$ObjComputer.joindomainorworkgroup(domainname,"password","domainname\root","",1)
Next

if $ERRH <> 0
	color r+/n
	AT (2,6) "[ERROR: DOMAIN JOIN FAILED - " + $ERRH + "]"
	exit
else
	color g+/n
	AT (2,6) "[INFO: Workstation joined to domain LONGHILL]"
	sleep 2
endif

This always fails with error code 1326 (username or password invalid). However
looking at the logs on the Samba server, it tells me that the authentication for
user root was successful.

Is this a fundermental mistake of mine, where Samba doesn't support these
WMI calls, or is it something I'm overlooking.

Any help would be good

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Kristyan Osborne - IT Technician
Longhill High School
01273 391672 / 304086

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Kristyan Osborne wrote:

| This always fails with error code 1326 (username or
| password invalid). However looking at the logs on the
| Samba server, it tells me that the authentication for
| user root was successful.
|
| Is this a fundermental mistake of mine, where Samba doesn't
| support these WMI calls, or is it something I'm overlooking.

The WMI calls should just plunk down to basic RPC's on the wire.
Check your level 10 smbd log for ACCESS_DENIED and see which call
failed.  A network trace in ethereal miight prove helpful as well.





cheers, jerry
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