I followed https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba4/HOWTO/Join_a_domain_as_a_DC but when I get to samba-tool drs kcc -Uadministrator windowsdc.samba.example.com then the result is: ERROR(runtime): DsExecuteKCC failed - (8409, ?WERR_DS_DATABASE_ERROR?) and in samba.log: [2011/11/14 16:03:30, 0] ../source4/smbd/server.c:365(binary_smbd_main) samba version 4.0.0alpha17 started. Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2011 [2011/11/14 16:03:31, 0] ../source4/smbd/server.c:460(binary_smbd_main) samba: using 'standard' process model [2011/11/14 16:03:31, 0] ../source4/lib/tls/tlscert.c:70(tls_cert_generate) Attempting to autogenerate TLS self-signed keys for https for hostname 'LAST.mydomain.com' [2011/11/14 16:03:32, 0] ../source4/lib/tls/tlscert.c:166(tls_cert_generate) TLS self-signed keys generated OK [2011/11/14 16:03:47, 0] ../source4/dsdb/repl/drepl_ridalloc.c:43(drepl_new_rid_pool_callback) ../source4/dsdb/repl/drepl_ridalloc.c:43: RID Manager failed RID allocation - WERR_BADFILE - extended_ret[0x0] [2011/11/14 16:08:47, 0] ../source4/dsdb/repl/drepl_ridalloc.c:43(drepl_new_rid_pool_callback) ../source4/dsdb/repl/drepl_ridalloc.c:43: RID Manager failed RID allocation - WERR_BADFILE - extended_ret[0x0] [2011/11/14 16:14:43, 0] ../source4/dsdb/repl/drepl_ridalloc.c:43(drepl_new_rid_pool_callback) ../source4/dsdb/repl/drepl_ridalloc.c:43: RID Manager failed RID allocation - WERR_BADFILE - extended_ret[0x0] [2011/11/14 16:19:45, 0] ../source4/smbd/server.c:365(binary_smbd_main) samba version 4.0.0alpha17 started. Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2011 [2011/11/14 16:19:46, 0] ../source4/smbd/server.c:460(binary_smbd_main) samba: using 'standard' process model [2011/11/14 16:20:39, 0] ../source4/dsdb/repl/drepl_ridalloc.c:43(drepl_new_rid_pool_callback) ../source4/dsdb/repl/drepl_ridalloc.c:43: RID Manager failed RID allocation - WERR_BADFILE - extended_ret[0x0] [2011/11/14 16:25:35, 0] ../source4/dsdb/repl/drepl_ridalloc.c:43(drepl_new_rid_pool_callback) ../source4/dsdb/repl/drepl_ridalloc.c:43: RID Manager failed RID allocation - WERR_BADFILE - extended_ret[0x0] Thanks. Felix.