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ejc2_
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Jun 02, 2024

Problems to join Debian/Ubuntu machines to a domain

Is not posible to join Debian/Ubuntu machines to a domain based on Windows Server 2025 (using realm at least) this is the error:   ! Couldn't set password for computer account: XXXX$: Message strea...
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mr_aryalcode444
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Jul 16, 2024

ejc2_ ZJonBelZ 

  • Open a terminal on your Debian/Ubuntu machine.
  • Run the following command, replacing ad.mycompany with your actual AD domain name and Administrator with a user account that has sufficient privileges to join workstations to the domain:

 sudo realm join ad.mycompany -U Administrator --verbose

 

  • You’ll be prompted to enter the password for the specified user (in this case, the AD Administrator account).

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