Joining Linux to Windows domain

[Fraser Campbell]

Hi,

I have joined Linux machines to Windows PDCs before with cooperation from the 
Windows admins.  Basically Windows admin adds your machine to the domain, you 
join the domain with a special invocation of smbpasswd and life is good.

I'm now in a situation where I'd like to add my machine to the domain without 
involving the windows admins because I know they will not do it ... but I 
haven't been told that I should not do it :-)

I have XP on my laptop as well, I presume that all I really need is the 
machine account password ... can I find a machine account password within my 
Windows XP drive and use those credentials within Linux?  Any other ideas?

Thanks!
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