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...NS Update for scan_srv2.DOMAIN.com failed: ERROR_DNS_INVALID_NAME For DNS, underscores "_" are not a valid character in the hostname; changing to a hyphen "-" should stop that error message. Android phones are notorious for causing this error with DHCP/DNS. More info: http://networkadminkb.com/KB/a156/windows-2003-dns-and-the-underscore.aspx Dale > DNS update failed! > > My smb.config is > > > workgroup = DOMAIN > admin users = Administrator > realm = DOMAIN.COM > server string = Linux Samba File Server > security = ADS > enc...

I get this error when I run samba-tool ntacl sysvolcheck ProvisioningError('%s ACL on GPO directory %s %s does not match expected value %s from GPO object' % (acl_type(direct_db_access), path, fsacl_sddl, acl)) There are two GPO directories. One is the Default Domain Controllers Policy and one is the Default Domain Policy It looks like it's the Default Domain Policy that's

I am having a problem to join one of my machine, to the 2003 AD. I have used the same config on another machine and it works fine. I am not able to figure out where I am going wrong. I would appreciates if you could help. My samba version is 3.6.3-44 on Centos 6 This is what I get [root at scan_srv2 tmp]# net ads join -U Administrator Enter Administrator's password: Using short domain name

...;.ldb -U administrator 03_smb_maps.ldif To understand the ntSecurityDescriptor attribute I had to learn all about SDDL syntax and then by trial and error realize I needed to use hex format. The following links were invaluable. http://www.netid.washington.edu/documentation/domains/sddl.aspxhttp://networkadminkb.com/KB/a152/how-to-read-a-sddl-string.aspxhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/security/defining-an-ad-object-s-default-security-descriptor Further... this little python snippet helped me remember how to add hex .... #!/usr/bin/python GA=int('0x10000000',0) GR=int('0x10000000',0)...