Linux Domain Join Lab - Zacham17/my-tech-journal GitHub Wiki

Brief Summary

In this lab, I used Realmd on my mail01 Linux VM to connect it to my domain, allowing domain users to logon to the system.

How To Set up Realmd on CentOS 7

  • To install realmd on your CentOS 7 system, run the command sudo yum install realmd
  • After that command has successfully completed you can use the command realm join DOMAINNAME to join your domain(Replace DOMAINNAME with your actual domain name Ex. domain.local)
    • NOTE: You will be asked for the administrator password, so make sure you know it.
  • After running this command you can run the command, realm list to see if you have connected to the domain and also what package it requires to be installed.
  • You can run the required packages using the yum command.
    • For example, if you need to install sssd, adcli, oddjob, samba-common-tools, and oddjob-mkhomedir, you can type the command yum install sssd adcli oddjob samba-common-tools oddjob-mkhomedir

How to log into a domain user account on the linux system.

The following will explain the method that I used to login to a domain user account on

  • To log into a domain user account, first logon as a local user on the linux system.
  • Then use the su - command to switch to a domain user using the following format: su - DOMAIN\\USER and the enter the user's password then prompted
    • Ex: su ZACHARY\\zmorris

Good Resources I used:

Below are links to resources that I used to help me complete this lab.