Tutorial: Use Samba to Turn Your Linux Ubuntu Server into A PDC (Primary Domain Controller)

[kellerman40]

how can i join this domain from a linux workstation, for example desktop ubuntu?

[Gabbsmo]

Does this work with Windows 7?

[kellerman40]

@Gabbsmo nope, haven't got it working jet...

[wyterabitt]

Hey can you put the config file up again if you still have it, no worries if you don't.

[hydrox24]

just a suggestion that people use sudo su or sudo bash so that ther aren't using the outdated sh shell.

[gletob]

@hydrox24 or even better sudo -s

[kalowillie]

Hi nice tutorial. I used it for the start to get things up and running and later add more shares to the smb.conf. This is just what I need to start my journey into SAMBA as PDC...many thanks...

[afne17]

Thank you !!!

[thiagossrs]

Greate tutorial. Let me ask you something. If i name the workgroup as test it works. If i name it test.com, i can't add the machines to the domain. The windows says it could not found the domain controller. Do i need to set up some dns servers?

[Jay662]

Just thought I would thank you for this! Excellent step-by-step.

[OneGreekStore]

Is it possible to share a program hosted on the Ubuntu server with multiple XP computers?

[hilliardcole]

ok I am having a little trouble, when i go to type in my domain and hit ok the next window will pop up and tell me to enter a user name and password so i do root and the password but it fails to connect?? It says it does not exist or could not be contacted, I know it sees it because the login window would not even come up if i typed in the wrong domain, i can also ping the server just fine? is there any way you can help me? thanks - Justin

[twister1986]

Thank you soooo much it was helpfull :D ..

[weitnow]

Thank you

[aussieboy77]

Great tutorial. Thanks for that.

[RiisQnd]

VISTA = VIRUS INSIDE SWITCH TO APPLE!

[dasgipfeli]

@RiisQnd Lol Özi xD

[RiisQnd]

@dasgipfeli Ramon das kleine schäfchen o.0

[luftwaffle2142]

Hey, I cant write in the smb.conf file, what do I have to do??? it has read only option set, well i can write, but i cant delete lines

[luftwaffle2142]

Hey, I cant write in the smb.conf file, it says that its only readable, then i can ignore it but wont let me delete lines, just the content, and when i want to write quit, it says E45 readonly option is set (! ) to override

help please

[miyaguitube]

Very nice tutorial, thank you very much for explaining the whole deal for us new users. I didn't know anything about domains, now I'm enlightened.

[CaptainMcnutt]

Nice tutorial for making a PDC!

[flymullproductions]

When i attempt to join it with your .conf file, and it tells me that "An Active Directory Domain Controller" for the domain could not be contacted, im using Windows 7 Ultimate.. HELP

[DeusEx2323]

I'm having trouble with Windows 7 too. It looks like some incompatibility, because with windows 2003 server it works perfect.

[DeusEx2323]

Man you don't know how mutch you helped me. Thanks!!!

[IHMAWTD]

thanks for the tut! this is just what I needed!

[adrastious]

The following error ocurred attempting to join the domain TEST. Tjhe specified domain either does not exist or culd not be contacted. Could you help me with that error on windows 7? or make a tutorial just to join the domain?

[adrastious]

Hey I'm having trouble on doing this with windows 7, could you try to do a tutorial for windows 7?

[ArandomNutter]

Hey mate thanks for the help between your config and what I read i got my Samba working. Keep up the good work!

[doublez0013]

This is the best tutorial around for how to make Ubuntu and Samba run as a PDC.

[zlabia2001]

Nice! Great Tutorial Thank You

[sao13]

just wanted to say thanks for the tutorials. I am a student and have recently been doing a lot more with unix and linux. been dealing more with windows DC's but wanted to check it out on linux and this works for me!

Also if you ever have spare time I think a cool tutorial would be setting up openVPN (not the access server edition) on this server and using it as a vpn server. anyways thanks again! This helped me for one of my projects!

[David15Laredo]

thank you dude

this works for me!!

now i can pass the class

but two questions:

but how to manipulate users in the ubuntu server??

if i install the gnome desktop , my samba configuration will be the same??

thanks again

greetings

[medemi68]

When I attempt to connect to the domain it prompts me for the username and password but then it says that it can't locate the domain "sciro" (being the domain).

What do I do?

[huibiuh]

Oh I see now, "student" already was a unix account on beforehand

[huibiuh]

Thank you for making this tutorial. I will go to try this for a setup with a couple of users and there is one thing I don't fully understand: while you only added the "student" account to samba with smbpasswd, you added the "test" account both as a unix account, as well as a samba account. But they both seem to work in the same manner? So why this difference?

Also, do you know if a similar approach will work with Windows 7 clients as well?

[djbarbas]

Hi, nice tutorial. im getting a error doing the configuration. I have Samba install and my XP machine can ping the ip of my server but insn't ping the damain name. When i try to add my xp machine to the domain i say that he can't find it. Is possible that you share your smb.conf file? Best regards and once again nice tutorial

[ReicheltAcademy]

@djbarbas No problem at all. I put a link to my smb.conf file in the description. Thanks for watching and let me know if you need anything else.

[hotafghans]

@ReicheltAcademy where is the description file for smb.conf ?