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Note: This article is specific to Samba 3; earlier versions may operate differently.

After configuring your /etc/samba/smb.conf and your /etc/krb5.conf files appropriately, enter the following command:

net ads join -U Administrator

You will then be prompted to enter the domain administrator's password. The domain name used is whatever workgroup = field is set to in smb.conf. To verify that the join is successful, look for the server in the directory controller's server management tool.