Harmonic MediaGrid Installation And Configuration Manual page 118

Chapter 4 System Configuration
Administrator privileges to complete the following steps. Contact the system administrator for
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site-specific information, including user names, domain names and passwords.
The "Windows NT domain name" from the facility's network domain administrator.
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The name of the Windows domain controller. Use it below in place of "domain controller
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name".
The site-specific entries in the following procedures are shown in bold-italic text. The following
steps must be performed on each ContentDirector.
Connecting to the ContentDirector
Use an SSH client, such as PuTTY, to connect to each ContentDirector.
To connect to the ContentDirector:
1. Start the SSH client.
2. In the Host Name box, enter the host name of the ContentDirector.
3. Select a login protocol from the protocol buttons. Select SSH for the login session.
4. Click the Open button to connect to the ContentDirector.
Editing the Samba Configuration File
NOTE: The following procedure is only required if you are joining a Windows NT domain.
To edit the file:
1. From your SSH terminal, open the following file using vi text editor:
sudo vi /etc/samba/smb.conf
2. Make the following changes:
workgroup =
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password server =
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security = DOMAIN
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3. Enter the following to join the Windows domain:
sudo net rpc join --workgroup=Windows_NT_domain_name --
server=domain_controller_name --user=_adminuser_
You should see the following message:
Joined domain name_of_domain.
4. Type the following two lines to complete the installation:
sudo chkconfig winbind on
sudo service winbind start
Starting the Winbind Service
Complete the following at the command prompt to activate the winbind service, which enables
ContentDirector and Active Directory communication.
1. Type the following to start the service:
sudo service winbind start
2. Then type the following so that the service starts each time the ContentDirectors start up:
sudo chkconfig winbind on
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Windows_NT_domain_name
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Joining a Harmonic MediaGrid Cluster to a Windows Domain
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