SAMBA again

[Aaron Grewell]

> # net rpc join -W <domain_name> -U <domain_user_account>
> 
This is the way to do it for NT4 or Samba-based domain controllers.  For
Active Directory, use net ads join instead.  That way you'll get
Kerberos security.  I thought Samba By Example covered it pretty well,
but I've spent quite a bit of time with various Windows flavors so that
probably means I've made quite a few assumptions about how it should
work.  In general, it goes like this:

1) Configure Samba and Winbind in /etc/smb.conf
2) Configure Name Service Switch in /etc/nsswitch.conf
3) Configure PAM in /etc/pam.d somewhere (depends on the distro)
4) Join the domain using the net command.
5) Start Winbind

At that point you should be able to login.  I generally leave myself a
root login on a separate vt during testing just in case I've missed a
step in the PAM incantation and locked out all logins.  So let's start
with smb.conf.  What does it look like, and what sort of domain are you
trying to join?  ADS or NT?