38.6 Samba Server in the Network with Active Directory
If you run Linux servers and Windows servers together, you can build two
independent authentication systems and networks or connect servers to one
network with one central authentication system. Because Samba can cooperate
with an active directory domain, you can join your SUSE Linux Enterprise Server to Active
Directory (AD).
Join an existing AD domain during installation or by later
activating SMB user authentication with YaST in the installed
system. Domain join during installation is covered in
Configuring the Host as a Windows Domain Member.
To join an AD domain in a running system, proceed as follows:
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Log in as root and start YaST.
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Start .
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Enter the domain to join at in
the screen. Alternately, use
to get a list of all available
domains and select one.
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Check
to use the SMB source for Linux authentication on your SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.
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Click and confirm the domain join when
prompted for it.
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Provide the password for the Windows Administrator on the AD server
and click .
Your server is now set up to pull in all authentication data from the
Active Directory domain controller.
