Logging In From A Windows Workstation; Joining A Windows Workstation To A Dsfw Domain - Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2.0 SP2 - DOMAIN SERVICE FOR WINDOWS Manual

Logging In from a Windows
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Workstation
With Domain Services for Windows (DSfW) properly set up, Windows workstations can be joined
to the DSfW domain and users can log in to the domain.
Windows users can then use Windows Explorer (or other familiar Windows interfaces) to browse to
the DSfW domain and see the CIFS shares to which they have access.
Section 11.1, "Joining a Windows Workstation to a DSfW Domain," on page 131
Section 11.2, "Logging In to a DSfW Domain," on page 134
Section 11.3, "Logging Out," on page 134
Section 11.4, "Limitations," on page 134
11.1 Joining a Windows Workstation to a DSfW
Domain
Kerberos authentication requires that the domain controller's time and the Windows workstation's
time be synchronized. After the DSfW server is installed, verify that the Windows workstations in
the domain are set to get their time from this server.
Execute the following steps to join a Windows workstation to a DSfW domain:
NOTE: The steps might vary depending on how you have Windows configured. The examples
shown are for the Windows "classic" desktop.
1 From a Windows computer on the same network as the DSfW server, go to Network
Connections in the Control Panel, select Local Area Connection, and click Properties.
2 Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click Properties.
3 Select Use the following DNS server addresses. For the Preferred DNS Server, enter the IP
address of the DNS server configured for DSfW, then click OK.

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