samba - Feb 2012 - Joining a MS sevrer 2008 R2 machine to a Samba domain

Hello,
I'm have an established Samba domain, where Samba is the PDC. It is working
well
with XP and Win7 clients.
However, there is some bespoke software that must run on a Windows Server, due 
to the number of concurrent connections issue.

So, we have installed a Windows 2008 R2 server and joined it to the Samba 
domain. This worked fine after applying the registry changes listed on the Samba
wiki.

However, I am now getting an error displayed on the Windows Server:

'The server did not finish checking the license compliance. If the server is
joined to a domain, make sure that the server can connect to a domain 
controller. If the license check cannot be completed, the server will 
automatically shut down in 10 day(s) 22 hour(s). For more information, click 
Help'

Are the any suggested fixes, or config options that will satisfy the Windows 
server?

Many thanks,



Stuart Bailey BSc (hons) CEng CITP MBCS
          LinuSoft (Managing Director)
   Linux Specialist & Software Developer
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This sounds like a Windows specific issue.     Did you license per-seat 
or per-user?   The server may expect to find a license server in the 
domain.    I would suspect that if you take the machine out of the 
domain it will still eventually complain.    Did you activate licenses 
before joining it to the domain?  Is this your first 2008 R2 server?   
2008R2 activation looks more restrictive than 2008.    Was this a Volume 
License version of 2008R2?






On 02/13/2012 07:47 AM, Stuart Bailey wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm have an established Samba domain, where Samba is the PDC. It is
working well
> with XP and Win7 clients.
> However, there is some bespoke software that must run on a Windows Server,
due
> to the number of concurrent connections issue.
>
> So, we have installed a Windows 2008 R2 server and joined it to the Samba
> domain. This worked fine after applying the registry changes listed on the
Samba
> wiki.
>
> However, I am now getting an error displayed on the Windows Server:
>
> 'The server did not finish checking the license compliance. If the
server is
> joined to a domain, make sure that the server can connect to a domain
> controller. If the license check cannot be completed, the server will
> automatically shut down in 10 day(s) 22 hour(s). For more information,
click
> Help'
>
> Are the any suggested fixes, or config options that will satisfy the
Windows
> server?
>
> Many thanks,
>
>
>
> Stuart Bailey BSc (hons) CEng CITP MBCS
>            LinuSoft (Managing Director)
>     Linux Specialist&  Software Developer
>         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>             Phone:   (0845) 658 3563
>            Direct: +44 (0) 1953 878162
>            Fax:    +44 (0) 1603 858583
>         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>              http://www.linusoft.co.uk
>
>
> __________ Information from ESET Mail Security, version of virus signature
database 6879 (20120213) __________
>
> The message was checked by ESET Mail Security.
> http://www.eset.com
>
>

Unfortunately, 2008 servers require AD to function properly with 
licensing. This question has been posed a few times and that was the 
conclusion. It works with S4 but not s3,,

I had a third party seem to get this working on a test server with 
adding extra samba/ldap schemas but have never implemented live as we 
decided to move to S4..



On 02/13/2012 07:47 AM, Stuart Bailey wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm have an established Samba domain, where Samba is the PDC. It is
working well
> with XP and Win7 clients.
> However, there is some bespoke software that must run on a Windows Server,
due
> to the number of concurrent connections issue.
>
> So, we have installed a Windows 2008 R2 server and joined it to the Samba
> domain. This worked fine after applying the registry changes listed on the
Samba
> wiki.
>
> However, I am now getting an error displayed on the Windows Server:
>
> 'The server did not finish checking the license compliance. If the
server is
> joined to a domain, make sure that the server can connect to a domain
> controller. If the license check cannot be completed, the server will
> automatically shut down in 10 day(s) 22 hour(s). For more information,
click
> Help'
>
> Are the any suggested fixes, or config options that will satisfy the
Windows
> server?
>
> Many thanks,
>
>
>
> Stuart Bailey BSc (hons) CEng CITP MBCS
>            LinuSoft (Managing Director)
>     Linux Specialist&  Software Developer
>         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>             Phone:   (0845) 658 3563
>            Direct: +44 (0) 1953 878162
>            Fax:    +44 (0) 1603 858583
>         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>              http://www.linusoft.co.uk
>
>
> __________ Information from ESET Mail Security, version of virus signature
database 6879 (20120213) __________
>
> The message was checked by ESET Mail Security.
> http://www.eset.com
>
>