Nick Howitt wrote:

You should not have to reconfigure samba as ClearOS is already configured to use it as a PDC. Completely changing the configuration could ruin things like authentication. Unfortunately I cannot find the troubleshooting docs which I know exist, and I know nothing about domains.

you did not understand me at all, i have tried everything that normal would work i am asking if this centos workaround has to be implement in clearos too. I have reinstalled many times and tried many different things to no avail. client can't ever connect to pdc, even though name resolution works and everything should be working fine.

I am dumping clearos, something this simple should never be giving people headache. i will look for another solution that will give me 100 times less headache that this, if not then i will just commit to what i know best as an mcsa.

You should not have to reconfigure samba as ClearOS is already configured to use it as a PDC. Completely changing the configuration could ruin things like authentication. Unfortunately I cannot find the troubleshooting docs which I know exist, and I know nothing about domains.

i have researched a few thing, do i have to go through the full samba pdc reconfiguration setup as such : http://www.unixmen.com/setting-samba-primary-domain-controller-centos-7/