[CS-FSLUG] Samba and XP - I found a HOWTO do with XP

[Hilding Egestål]

OK thank You once more. So, the only thing to do inside XPHomeEdition is 
to go to ....... and .......

/Hilding


Tim Young skrev:
> You do not want to, or need to join your XP computer to a domain.  For 
> just one or two computers this will add a lot if unneeded complexity.   
> That is what you need to do if you have ten to thirty XP-Pro computers 
> and want the higher security and management ability.
>
>     - Tim Young
>
> HildingE wrote:
>   
>> This I found, but it seems to me that it is a little bit dangerous:
>>
>> Configuring the Windows XP Client:
>>
>> Notes : Only Windows XP-Professional Edition can join the Domain, it 
>> does not work for WindowsXP-Home Edition.
>>
>> STEPS:
>>
>> 1) Make sure that the workstation belonged to the same workgroup as the 
>> server and have a fixed IP address and hostname assigned.
>>
>> 2) Change the registry entry, run the command regedt32 and do the below
>> a) RequireSignOrSeal Registry hack
>>
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\netlogon\parameters
>> "RequireSignOrSeal"=dword:00000000
>>
>> b) Use the Registry Editor and edit the
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System\CompatibleRUPSecurity 
>> to have the DWORD value of 1
>>
>> 3) Use the Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc) and enable "Computer 
>> Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\User Profiles\Do not check 
>> for user ownership of Roaming Profile Folders".
>>
>> 4) Go to MyComputer right click Properties. Go to Change and click on 
>> Domain and enter the domain-name you want to join. When joining the 
>> domain for the First time enter userid as root and give the samba 
>> password. Make sure there is an entry for the root in the smbpasswd 
>> (samba password) file.
>>
>> 5) Reboot and then the changes will be effective.
>>
>>
>> What do You say about this?
>> Hilding in Sweden
>>
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