Step by Step: Using Samba to join a Windows Domain. By Judith Myerson 04/01/2008 In this article, I give you the steps you need to use Samba to join to a Windows domain.
The primary domain controller (PDC) will serve as the password server for the domain. If Samba and winbind services are running, turn them off. I will show you how turn them on after you join to the Windows domain.