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kumar
Asked: 2011-10-19 10:35:33 +0800 CST

joining domain - store password and avoid prompting password

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While joining a domain from a linux machine , I give this command: net rpc join member -U Administrator. Now, the above command prompts for (Administrator) password.

Now, I wish to store the password somewhere(smb.conf OR krb5.conf) so that it does not prompts for password. Is it possible?

Note:Necessary changes to join a domain are carried out in /etc/samba/smb.conf

PS: Please do not consider any security issue with this.

Thanks!

windows linux active-directory samba

2 Answers

  1. You should only need to join the domain once per machine, once your machine has been joined the machine account secret will be stored in a database file on your system.

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  2. I don't know if what you are asking for is possible, but if that net rpc join command doesn't accept the password as a parameter, and doesn't accept it via pipe redirection either, you can try wrapping it up in an expect script.

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