Is there anyway to have a chrome os linux LAPTOP join a Windows domain? I am trying to BRING new life to older laptops. Certainly not easily, if at all. Particularly with Chrome OS.When you say "join to a Windows domain", which SERVICES are you trying to use? Kerboros AUTHENTICATION? CIFS? Email? You may well be able to achieve your desired results by some other means (e.g. VectorLinux).It is Windows Server 2003, the active directory is used to handle the student and teacher accounts and files and to keep TRACK of the computers on the network. There is no mail since the student and teachers have their own mail as well as mail through our school website. The users would need to log onto the schools domain using their name and password and have access to their files.

The OS is am testing is found here: http://chromeos.hexxeh.net/

It works on my personal laptop at home, I have to try it on the older laptops in school.

Thanks.Whatever the case, on a Linux-based OS, you need to use winbind and/or smbclient. Samba/winbind brings you "net use" tools. There's a good write-up here: http://www.brentnorris.net/samba2005.html It's a bit out of date, but the principles still apply. I'm just not sure how readily available the Samba packages are under Chrome OS.It may all be moot, I can not load the Chromium linux os on the laptop, it is missing pae. I was able to install Vector and that worked just great at home. Brought the laptop to school for further testing and even though the wireless network name and password are put in correctly the connection times out. Not sure if it is because the network is hidden, but the laptop just will not connect.

The wireless manager shows the hidden network, I can changed the config for the network but the connection only times out saying bad password. I have been using this same password for the last 10 years. It works on other laptops.

I am using the Gold version, I will try less intense versions tomorrow.