Adding Windows machines to Samba domains and security
Posted by jpluimers on 2018/12/07
If adding a Windows machine to a Samba domain fails and the below “solves” your issue, then you need to tighten the security on the Samba side:
- [WayBack] Old Nabble – Samba – General – Windows 7 RC
- [WayBack] Windows 7 can see Samba Shares but cannot see Samba Domain
- [WayBack] Adding a Windows 8.1 computer to a SAMBA domain – twm’s blog
- [WayBack] Note to self: If adding a Windows 8.1 computer to a SAMBA domain fails with the error “The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contac… – Thomas Mueller (dummzeuch) – Google+
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\LanmanWorkstation\Parameters] ; Enable NT-Domain compatibility mode ; Default: ; [value not present] ; "DomainCompatibilityMode"=- "DomainCompatibilityMode"=dword:00000001 ; Disable required DNS name resolution ; Default: ; [value not present] ; "DNSNameResolutionRequired"=- "DNSNameResolutionRequired"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Netlogon\Parameters] ; Disable requirement of signed communication ; My Samba (3.0.33) works with signed communication enabled, so no need to disable it. ; Default: ; "RequireSignOrSeal"=dword:00000001 ; Disable the usage of strong keys ; Default: ; "RequireStrongKey"=dword:00000001 "RequireStrongKey"=dword:00000000
–jeroen
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