Active Directory Domain on Ubuntu

[Christopher Chan]

On Wednesday, November 10, 2010 10:56 PM, Mariano Jara wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-11-10 at 21:37 +0800, Christopher Chan wrote:
>> On Wednesday, November 10, 2010 08:31 PM, Christopher Chan wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, November 10, 2010 06:56 PM, Mariano Jara wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 2010-11-10 at 08:52 +0800, Christopher Chan wrote:
>>>>> On Wednesday, November 10, 2010 05:54 AM, Mariano Jara wrote:
>>>> <snip>
>>>>>
>>>>> What do you need to do? Be able to access Windows? Be able to join the ADS?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've installed from the repositories:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> likewise-open_5.4.0.42111-2ubuntu1.2_i386.deb
>>>>>> likewise-open-gui_5.4.0.42111-2ubuntu1.2_i386.deb
>>>>>>
>>>> <snip>
>>>>
>>>> Hi Christopher,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for answering. What I need is to be able to to join the ADS.
>>>>
>>>
>>> samba + winbind + pam...
>>>
>>> Not a simple thing...
>>>
>>
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ActiveDirectoryWinbindHowto
>>
>> That page is mostly correct...
>>
>> Things it does not talk about are the relevant kerberos options to set
>> in smb.conf.
>>
>> The link it refers to (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Samba/Kerberos)
>> is out of date for the version of samba that is supplied in Lucid.
>>
>> Do not create the keytab. Samba can do that for you when you join the
>> domain but you have to set relevant kerberos parameters in smb.conf.
>>
>> Sorry but I am going to have to leave this half answered...
>>
>>
>
> Thanks Christopher. Yes, I presume it won't be a simple thing
> (especially for a user of my skill), but I'll give a go.
>
> Don't worry about your half answer, with those links you posted I have
> plenty of homework to do. As soon as I have the chance (I'm at work now,
> behind a proxy with limited internet access) I'll go through them.
>


I assume the IT department also provides an account with the privileges 
to join the domain for you to use? If so, I can write up the stuff 
needed to get Lucid joined with placeholders for the authentication 
information on the wiki.