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10 Provide the password for the Windows administrator on the AD server and
Figure 12.3 Providing Administrator Credentials
After you have joined the AD domain, you can log in to it from your workstation using
the display manager of your desktop or the console.
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4 Check Also Use SMB Information for Linux Authentication to use the SMB
source for Linux authentication.
5 Check Create Home Directory on Login to automatically create a local home
directory for your AD user on the Linux machine.
6 Check Offline Authentication to allow your domain users to log in even if the
AD server is temporarily unavailable or you do not have a network connection.
7 Select Expert Settings, if you want to change the UID and GID ranges for the
Samba users and groups. Let DHCP retrieve the WINS server only if you need
it. This is the case when some of your machines are resolved only by the WINS
system.
8 Configure NTP time synchronization for your AD environment by selecting
NTP Configuration and entering an appropriate server name or IP address.
This step is obsolete if you have already entered the appropriate settings in
the standalone YaST NTP configuration module.
9 Click Finish and confirm the domain join when prompted for it.
click OK (see Figure 12.3, "Providing Administrator Credentials" (page 312)).