Configuring FreeRADIUS to authenticate against AD

[Fajar A. Nugraha]

On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 3:10 PM, Martin Ubank <Martin.Ubank at uwe.ac.uk> wrote:
> I've been following the FreeRadius Deployment guide
> http://deployingradius.com/documents/configuration/active_directory.html

> I've edited /etc/krb5.conf, as follows:
>   kdc = campus.ads.uwe.ac.uk

does this server exists and reachable?

> I've also edited /etc/samba/smb.conf (comments & blank lines excluded):

>         realm = campus.ads.uwe.ac.uk
>         password server = campus.ads.uwe.ac.uk

those two usually aren't the same. Are you sure you're using the
correct information? Does the server exists and reachable?

> I then run 'net join -U USERNAME' and get:
>
>
>
> Unable to find a suitable server for domain CAMPUS
>
> Unable to find a suitable server for domain CAMPUS

Basically you'd need to get samba to correctly join the domain. Don't
bother going further until this works. samba user list/forum might be
able to provide more help.

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Fajar