samba - Dec 2012 - Remove dead server from domain.

Hiya,


I have an S4 domain running that I added another S4 machine to as an 
extra domain controller. That machine, unfotunately died (quite 
spectacularly I must say, think magic blue smoke). I would like to 
remove the dead domain controller from the domain.

In ADUC I can see the DC under 'Domain Controllers' but when I try to 
delete it (having ticked the 'permanently offline' box) I get the 
following error:

"Windows cannot delete object 
LDAP://tainan.internal.stmaryscollege.co.uk/CN=PEFW01,OU=Domain 
Controllers,DC=internal,DC=stmaryscollege,DC=co,DC=uk because:

The specified module could not be found."

Is there a command line tool that I could try (samba-tool doesn't seem 
to have an option to remove the machine).

Any other suggestions?

Thanks,

Alex

Just to note, I have seen the same problem deleting "real" Windows
Server
DCs with rc4 and rc5. The first time I try deleting the DC via ADUC, I get
the error:

*Windows cannot delete object
LDAP://10.1.1.254/CN=ADC2,OU=DomainControllers,DC=internal,DC=testdom,DC=com
because:
The parameter is incorrect.

On subsequent tries, the following error is displayed:

Windows cannot delete object
LDAP://10.1.1.254/CN=ADC2,OU=DomainControllers,DC=internal,DC=testdom,DC=com
because:
The specified module could not be found.*
*
*
*My testing has shown that Windows Servers often fail to demote in various
circumstances, so a solution to remove them from AD would be very useful.*


On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 7:36 AM, Alex Matthews <qoole.samba at
lillimoth.com>wrote:
> Hiya,
>
>
> I have an S4 domain running that I added another S4 machine to as an extra
> domain controller. That machine, unfotunately died (quite spectacularly I
> must say, think magic blue smoke). I would like to remove the dead domain
> controller from the domain.
>
> In ADUC I can see the DC under 'Domain Controllers' but when I try
to
> delete it (having ticked the 'permanently offline' box) I get the
following
> error:
>
> "Windows cannot delete object LDAP://tainan.internal.**
>
stmaryscollege.co.uk/CN=**PEFW01,OU=Domain<http://tainan.internal.stmaryscollege.co.uk/CN=PEFW01,OU=Domain>Controllers,DC=internal,DC>
**stmaryscollege,DC=co,DC=uk because:
>
> The specified module could not be found."
>
> Is there a command line tool that I could try (samba-tool doesn't seem
to
> have an option to remove the machine).
>
> Any other suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alex
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