Joining Windows Domain with Linux

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On the Linux side (/etc/samba/smb.conf)

    • change Linux workgroup to the one the Windows Domain is using, currently
      • workgroup = isap

change security level to DOMAIN

    • security = domain

change the password server directives to your Windows Domain Server name

    • password server = server01 (where server01 is Windows DNS)

save your changes to the /etc/samba/smb.conf file now, when done

join your Linux machine to the Windows domain.   In our case, it is:

    • $ smbpasswd -j isap -r server01 -U administrator%*password*

now You must create identically named user on both the Winows Active Directory Domain and on the Linux machine as well

Now restart or start Samba 

when Samba had mounted and running with out any problem,

    • you should MAP the Linux shared folder to your local Windows client for auto connectin  purposes