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Hey not a problem, that's what we're here for.

One cool thing you can do with new systems before you perform the domainjoin is to se the setname option:

> sudo /opt/likewise/bin/domainjoin-cli...

It would appear that you already have a machine object in AD for which this user does not have permission to make some modification. There's a host of parameters it may want to modify and cannot do...

It would appear from your post that the repository version is installed as well as the 6.0 version.

You need to remove the repository version using the synaptic package manager first and then you...

We DO NOT advise using the software center. Use the Synaptic Package Manager.

The software center is not a very useful way of managing packages. If you use the synaptic package manager you will...

Sounds like you are using the installer for the wrong architecture.

Are you using 32 bit or 64 bit Ubuntu?

You should consider downloading the newest version from the Likewise website (version 6).

http://www.likewise.com/download/

This is a much updated version compared to the PPA version.
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These issues are typically dns related.

Check your nsswitch to be sure there are no entries pertaining to mdns as you're likely not using multicast dns if you're using AD.

Other culprits are...

Why would you put yourself through this when you can just use likewise-open to join your machine to AD?

Likewise-Open is in the ubuntu-main repository so all you have to do is install it with...

Have you considered using sftp? That's gss enabled and would allow users to use their AD creds if the machine is joined to AD.

Are you running Samba on this server as well?

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You know that Likewise is shipping 6.0 now from their website. www.likewise.com/download

This version is much farther ahead of the version in the distro, but it's still fully open-source. ...

There is a VERY real difference between free closed source software and free open source software. If it was Open Source they would not be in an external repository.

There was a bug in OpenLDAP which caused Likewise to fail if users failed to run the updates on their system prior to attempting a domainjoin. The bug was fixed in early December.

Centrify is NOT...

There is a bug in OpenLDAP.

Have you looked into the Likewise forums?

http://www.likewise.com/community/index.php/forums/viewannounce/863_6/

Details the problem. They have a version on...

gradysghost,

This is definitely not an ideal way to solve this. I believe that lsass.d (Likewise Security Authority) is not starting because of the order the services are being started on your...

LDAP Bug causing AD Join Failure

This bug effects Likewise Open as shipped in the Maverick Meercat main repository.

A fix has been submitted, but for the time being the Likewise Open folks have...

With the release of Maverick, a patched version of OpenLDAP, on which Likewise Open relied, prevented successful Active Directory domain joins when using the version of Likewise Open in the Ubuntu...

So is your AD config just using the bare bones LDAP authentication?

FYI - http://www.likewise.com/community/index.php/forums/viewthread/829/

Today I came in and set up a new vanilla Kubuntu 10.04.1 box and set up a single local user account. As mentioned by other users, I configured networking, picked up my address, dns and search domain...

Ubuntique,

That's truly remarkable.

I installed a Fedora 13 machine, ran the updates with yum (as root), configured my network and pointed my dns to my DC and then installed the software...

That's too bad, although I have a Fedora 13 system here running LWO without issue and numerous Ubuntu machines from 9.04 to 10.04, all joined to my 2008r2 Domain Controller and all are quite happy...

ubuntique,

I'd strongly suggest upgrading to the newest version 6.0.8269 from the Likewise Website. There are some fixes in there you'll probably want.

It's odd that you're having UI issues,...

FYI - http://www.likewise.com/community/index.php/forums/viewannounce/863_38/