In the file http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/domain-member.html there is missing information about joining classical domain (ie PDC/BDC). There is sentence: To join the domain, run this command: root# net rpc join -S DOMPDC -UAdministrator%password If the -S DOMPDC argument is not given, the domain name will be obtained from smb.conf and the NetBIOS name of the PDC will be obtained either using a WINS lookup or via NetBIOS broadcast based name look up. THIS SHOULD BE CHANGED TO: ========================== To join the domain, run this command: root# net rpc join -w DOMAIN -UAdministrator%password The domain the computer is joning to is the argument for -w DOMAIN (change it to match your needs). If the argument -w DOMAIN is not given the domain name will be obtained from smb.conf. There could be argument -S DOMPDC, where the name of the PDC will be obtained either using a WINS lookup or via NetBIOS broadcast based name lookup. PLEASE CHANGE YOUR HOWTO, THIS WAS REPORTED IN 2004. THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT INFO. I TESTED WHAT I PROVIDED HERE AND IT WORKS. THANK YOU. See: http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/2004-February/081056.html
Re-assigning to John.
The linked "Samba HOWTO collection" is now clearly marked as obsolete. The offending string doesn't seem to be in our source tree. So lets close this.