Recipe 23.14. Connecting Windows NT/2000 Clients to a Samba Domain

23.14.1 Problem

Your new Samba primary domain controller (pdc) is ready to roll—how do you connect a Windows NT/2000 client?

23.14.2 Solution

Remember that root user you created a Samba account for in Recipe Recipe 23.12? Now you're going to use it. On Windows NT, go to Control Panel Network Identification Change. Select the Domain button and enter the domain name, which is the workgroup name in smb.conf. Then select "Create a Computer Account in the Domain." Finally, log into the domain as the Samba root user. This is necessary to initialize the "trust" between the server and client machines.

On Windows 2000, right-click My Computer, click Properties, go to the Network Identification tab, and click the Network ID button. This will open the Network Identification Wizard, which will take you through all the necessary steps. Again, your first domain login must be as the Samba root user.

23.14.3 Discussion

Remember that the workgroup name in smb.conf is your new domain name.

After connecting successfully to a domain, you can initiate subsequent logins with Ctrl-Alt-Del. Note that you can either log into the domain, or log into the local machine without logging into a domain.

23.14.4 See Also

• Recipe 23.4, for more information on configuring Windows networking

• Chapter 3 of Using Samba