LKBEN10913: Howto join a domain for a windows 2008 server core-installation

Symptom

You have a windows server 2008 core server and need to join a domain

Cause

none

Solution

To join a domain you use the netdom command. e.g.

netdom join SRV1 /domain:mydomain.com /Userd:Administrator /passwordD:*

The "start" behind the password is right! The command will ask the password for the domain administrator. (thats why you use Userd and passwordD to show the user that this is the domain administrator and not the local one)

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About the Author

Author: Wim Peeters - Keskon GmbH & Co. KG

Wim Peeters is electronics engineer with an additional master in IT and over 30 years of experience, including time spent in support, development, consulting, training and database administration. Wim has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5. He has developed in C/C++, Java and C# on Windows and Linux. He writes knowledge base articles to solve IT problems and publishes them on the Lubby Knowledge Platform.