MachineObjectOU - Help required

[mlarj]

I am having problems getting the MachineObjectOU="" setting working in the [identification] section of the unattend.txt.

This works, and the domain is joined

[identification]

JoinDomain=drdl

However, when I add...

[identification]

JoinDomain=drdl

MachineObjectOU="OU = DRDL Laptops,OU = DRDL Standard Computers,OU = DRDL Client Computers,DC = drdl,DC=newgrp,DC = co,DC = uk"

It not only fails to join the OU, but the domain as well!

It is a windows 2003 domain, and the account being used to join the domain has the add workstation to domains priv.

Not really sure what to try now, whether I need the JoinDomain entry as well? Any suggestions?

Mat.

[Evil_Silverfish]

Since noone else has posted a reply,, here is the section from my .sif file

[identification]

JoinDomain=Your_Domain

DomainAdmin=Your_Domain_Admin_Account

DomainAdminPassword=Actual_Password_in_clear_text

MachineObjectOU = "OU = DRDL Laptops,OU = DRDL Standard Computers,OU = DRDL Client Computers,DC = drdl,DC=newgrp,DC = co,DC = uk"

This works for me.

I think I have read somewhere that you can replace the password in clear text with an asterisk (*) and it will then prompt for password, but I have not tested that.

The actual link to the Microsoft technet document is here:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechn...0e0d7ae878.mspx

Edited August 9, 2005 by Evil_Silverfish

[Refuse_]

Does the user you specify as the domainadmin account have the needed rights ?

Adding a pc to active directory is one thing, but moving it (or joining it) from the default computer container to a specific ou needs special rights like create, move, delete object on the default computer container and the specified ou.

Works like a charm at my organisation.