I am in the process of rebuilding my workstation which has required a few 'from scratch' (read re-format the disk) installs. Each time after installation, I just join the domain, but I never bother leaving. IP/DNS never changes. There are never any complaints, everything works as expected (wbinfo, getent, etc). Is this considered unknown behaviour, ie am I going to regret this in the future, or is Samba designed to handle this case? I suppose I would have to use ADUC to remove the computer before another join if this is going to cause problems? Is there a samba-tool or net command that I could use instead? Thanks -- lee
Hello Lee, Am 22.11.2015 um 22:13 schrieb Lee Brown:> I am in the process of rebuilding my workstation which has required a few > 'from scratch' (read re-format the disk) installs. Each time after > installation, I just join the domain, but I never bother leaving. IP/DNS > never changes.Why you rejoin, the machine account is overwritten. This should not cause any trouble.> I suppose I would have to use ADUC to remove the computer before another > join if this is going to cause problems? Is there a samba-tool or net > command that I could use instead?# net ads leave .... Regards, Marc
On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 2:45 PM, Marc Muehlfeld <mmuehlfeld at samba.org> wrote:> Hello Lee, > > Am 22.11.2015 um 22:13 schrieb Lee Brown: > > I am in the process of rebuilding my workstation which has required a few > > 'from scratch' (read re-format the disk) installs. Each time after > > installation, I just join the domain, but I never bother leaving. IP/DNS > > never changes. > > Why you rejoin, the machine account is overwritten. This should not > cause any trouble. > > > > > > I suppose I would have to use ADUC to remove the computer before another > > join if this is going to cause problems? Is there a samba-tool or net > > command that I could use instead? > > # net ads leave .... > > Thanks,Sorry I wasn't clear. I meant what would I run on the server to remove a client from the domain. Assume my client PC self-destructed before I could run the net command.