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List:       samba
Subject:    Re: [Samba] creating a machine account for a Windows VM from the command line
From:       Gary Dale via samba <samba () lists ! samba ! org>
Date:       2023-12-20 21:41:59
Message-ID: 547585c6-b996-490b-b648-094b397b484e () extremeground ! com
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Thanks. That worked.

I also tried setting up another Windows machine, adding it into the 
domain then adding the computer account back in but I was getting a 
different trust error when I did that.


On 2023-12-13 11:35, Ray Klassen via samba wrote:
> simplest thing to do is disconnect the vm from the network (disable the
> network card in the hypervisor?)
> log into the vm with an admin domain account. (if you've used the
> account on this computer before, it's got a local hash of the password)
> set the password on the local user. forcibly disconnect from the domain
> with powershell ("remove-computer -force" or something like that.)
> maybe rename the VM if possibly another computer got added with the
> same name that clobbered the VM's account.
> re-enable the network card.
> reboot.
> log in with the local user.
> rejoin the domain.
>
> On Mon, 2023-12-11 at 20:43 -0500, Gary Dale via samba wrote:
>> I had the need to access a Windows 10 VM but discovered I was locked
>> out. I have the passwords for the domain administrator and a domain
>> user
>> but I get an error "The security database one the server does not
>> have a
>> computer account for this workstation trust relationship".
>>
>> I normally have a local user account to log in with but its password
>> isn't the one I remember.
>>
>> There are various convoluted ways to try to reset a Windows password
>> for
>> a VM, but I'm hoping that there is a way to add the computer account
>> back in without having to do that or set up a new VM.
>>
>>

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