Configuring the NAS for Active Directory Authentication
Joining the NAS to Your Domain
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To find the name of the NetBIOS domain for your organization from a domain
controller, follow these steps:
a. Open “Active Directory Users and Computers” Snap-In.
b. Right-click on you fully qualified domain name and choose
Properties
.
In the Properties window, the Domain Name (Pre-Windows 2000) field displays
the NetBIOS name.
STEP 5
In the AD Server Name field, enter the hostname of your domain controller.
To find the hostname of your domain controller:
a. Log in to your domain controller.
b. Click
Start,
right-click
My Computer
, and choose
Properties
.
c. In the
Properties
window, click Computer Name.
In the
Properties
window, the Full computer name field displays the hostname.
For example, if the full computer name is mydc.example.com, the hostname of
the domain controller is mydc.
You can also follow these steps to find the hostname of your domain controller:
a. Choose
Start > Run
, enter
CMD
in the
Run
window, and click
OK
.
b. In the
command
window, type
Hostname
and press
Enter
.
The returned text is the hostname of your domain controller.
STEP 6
In the Domain field, enter the fully qualified domain name (for example,
mycompany.local).
STEP 7
(Optional) In the Organizational Unit (OU) field, enter the path of the OU
containment.
STEP 8
In the Domain Administrator Username field, enter the username of the domain
controller administrator.
STEP 9
In the Domain Administrator Password field, enter the password of the domain
controller administrator.
