samba - Aug 2007 - Argument createcomputer does not work in net rpc join

Hello,

We are using samba-3.0.25a and we want to join our system onto the
Active Directory server in a specific location.  The argument
'createcomputer' is exactly what we want and it works perfectly when we
do a 'net ads join' but fails when we do a 'net rpc join'.  The
computer
object always gets created in the 'Computers' folder.

Looking at the code it appears that the 'net rpc join' doesn't
support
the 'createcomputer' argument.  Is there a specific reason why it
isn't
supported?  Are there plans to support the 'createcomputer' argument in
the 'net rpc join' command in any future releases?

Thanks
Raj Pagaku

Hello,

Any suggestions or pointers from the folks would be highly appreciated.
I didn't attach smb.conf since this was a generic question.

Thanks in advance.

Regards
Raj Pagaku
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Raj Pagaku
> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 2:45 PM
> To: samba@lists.samba.org
> Subject: [Samba] Argument createcomputer does not work in net rpc join
> 
> Hello,
> 
> We are using samba-3.0.25a and we want to join our system onto the
> Active Directory server in a specific location.  The argument
> 'createcomputer' is exactly what we want and it works perfectly
when
we
> do a 'net ads join' but fails when we do a 'net rpc join'. 
The
computer
> object always gets created in the 'Computers' folder.
> 
> Looking at the code it appears that the 'net rpc join' doesn't
support
> the 'createcomputer' argument.  Is there a specific reason why it
isn't
> supported?  Are there plans to support the 'createcomputer'
argument
in
> the 'net rpc join' command in any future releases?
> 
> Thanks
> Raj Pagaku

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Raj Pagaku wrote:
> We are using samba-3.0.25a and we want to join our 
> system onto the Active Directory server in a
> specific location.  The argument 'createcomputer'
> is exactly what we want and it works perfectly when we
> do a 'net ads join' but fails when we do a 'net rpc join'.
> The computer object always gets created in the
> 'Computers' folder.
> 
> Looking at the code it appears that the 'net rpc join' 
> doesn't support the 'createcomputer' argument.  Is there a
> specific reason why it isn't supported?  Are there plans to
> support the 'createcomputer' argument in the 'net rpc join'
> command in any future releases?
No.  Net rpc join does not support creating the machine in
a specific OU.  That is a AD-specific operation.




cheers, jerry
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