[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#999797: Bug#999797: Unable to net ads join samba to an active directory domain Failed to join domain: failed to connect to AD: Can't contact LDAP server

[Michael Evans]

I've tried many variations of net join ads, some with -U Administrator , -U Administrator at REALM and also -k for Kerberos ticket user, which was the last one I tried and thus the one I copied in.

Debian's package is a good few versions behind the version I think that Samba's mailing list so I thought I'd try here first in case there were any distribution specific directions.  The Debian wiki pages looked out of date and poorly covered joining an Active Directory domain.

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Bartlett [mailto:abartlet at samba.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2021 12:33 PM
To: Michael Evans; 999797 at bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: [Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#999797: Unable to net ads join samba to an active directory domain Failed to join domain: failed to connect to AD: Can't contact LDAP server

For user assistance, please use the samba  mailing list.

You are trying to join as 'root' which isn't a user on the domain, let
alone an administrative one.  

You should use "-Uadministrator" to set the correct user.

Andrew Bartlett