Scope/Description

• This article will walk through the process of joining an Active Directory in Houston UI with Rocky Linux.

Prerequisites

• Rocky Linux 8
• Houston UI
• Windows Active Directory
• Credentials for Domain User with permission to authenticate Active Directory Join

Steps

Installing packages

• Install packages needed for domain join

[root@rocky-45d ~]# dnf install -y realmd oddjob-mkhomedir oddjob samba-winbind-clients samba-winbind samba-common-tools samba samba-winbind-krb5-locator krb5-workstation samba-client

Configuring realmd to use winbind

• Set domain-client  to winbind instead of sssd

[root@rocky-45d ~]#sed -i 's/^\(default-client = \).*$/\1winbind/' /usr/lib/realmd/realmd-defaults.conf

• Then restart the realmd service.

Configuring Hostname and DNS

• Set hostname to include domain name if not set already, this is done in the Overview tab of the Houston UI.

• Set DNS server to the IP of the Domain Controller if not done already. This is done in the network tab of the Houston UI

Joining the Domain

• Join Domain, refresh the page if the Join Domain button is greyed out

Granting SeDiskOperatorPrivilege

• Now we need to grant the SeDiskOperatorPrivilege privilege to any domain groups / users that are going to be configuring share permissions.

[root@rocky-45d ~]# net rpc rights grant "45LAB\domain admins" SeDiskOperatorPrivilege -U "45LAB\bk"
Enter 45LAB\bk's password:
Successfully granted rights.

• You can list all users and groups who have this privilege by running:

[root@rocky-45d ~]# net rpc rights list privileges SeDiskOperatorPrivilege -U "45LAB\bk"
Enter 45LAB\bk's password:
SeDiskOperatorPrivilege:
SeDiskOperatorPrivilege:
BUILTIN\Administrators
45LAB\domain admins

Verification

• We can now communicate with our Active Directory server, and assign permissions based on the users and groups from our Active Directory.

Troubleshooting

• Ensure you have configured the server hostname and DNS address correctly.
• Ensure you have configured nsswitch.conf correctly.

  • sed -i 's/^\(passwd:\s\+files\) \(systemd\).*$/\1 winbind \2/g;s/^\(group:\s\+files\) \(systemd\).*$/\1 winbind \2/g' /etc/nsswitch.conf

• If net rpc rights grant is causing issues, try using net sam rights grant instead.
• Ensure the line “include = /etc/cockpit/zfs/shares.conf” line is at the bottom of the [global] section of the smb.conf file.