What are the steps to join a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Samba server to a domain in security = DOMAIN mode?

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The following article is applicable to Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 3 and newer only.

Configuring Samba

To join Samba to a domain in security = DOMAIN mode, the following lines need to exist in the [global] section of /etc/samba/smb.conf file:

[global]
security = DOMAIN
workgroup = MYDOMAIN

Make sure the...

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