Hi All, If I have domain controller on a different subnet than the samba server and I would like to join that domain controller in an environment without WINS, meaning only DNS available. Unfortunately, it failed. Is it possible to do it? I am using domain type DOMAIN (not ADS) in smb.conf and the command I used is: "net join -Uname%passwd" I looked at the -d 10 log info and it looks like it broadcasts for the domain name with the <xx> netbios stuff but of course across subnet it would not work. So is it true that in a pure DNS environment without the great help of WINS server around in which the domain controller and the samba server are on a different subnets, I must use domain type ADS? Thanks for your tips, Cheers, Ephi
On Thursday 07 April 2005 18:06, Ephi Dror wrote:> Hi All, > > If I have domain controller on a different subnet than the samba server > and I would like to join that domain controller in an environment > without WINS, meaning only DNS available.This section will show you what you are asking for and why it doesn't work the way you would like it to. http://us2.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/NetworkBrowsing.html#id2550227> > So is it true that in a pure DNS environment without the great help of > WINS server around in which the domain controller and the samba server > are on a different subnets, I must use domain type ADS?On a windows client, you can preload the domain and specify various other hosts in the lmhosts file. Not sure you can do the same with a samba fileserver. -- my Sonicwall tz170 supports netbios broadcasts across a VPN tunnel. Seems like a lot of work for contiguous subnets in an office building though.