# Joining an Active Directory Domain

**URL:** https://support.blue-systems.com/t/joining-an-active-directory-domain/1052
**Category:** Netrunner 12.12
**Created:** [May 30, 2013, 8:57pm UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/joining-an-active-directory-domain/1052 "2013-05-30T20:57:46Z")
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### Author: ![TonyLudwick](https://support.blue-systems.com/letter_avatar/tonyludwick/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@TonyLudwick](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/TonyLudwick)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2013, 8:57pm UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/joining-an-active-directory-domain/1052/1 "2013-05-30T20:57:46Z")

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What is the best and most trouble proof way to make a NetRunner machine a member of an active directory domain? I want to install NetRunner at work and need to be able to use my network user Id so that I can access files that are on windoze servers on our network. I also want to be able to still do everything that I can now on my local machine, but logged on as my network user-id, such as run virtual machines, etc.

Regards,  
Tony

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### Author: ![starbuck](https://support.blue-systems.com/user_avatar/support.blue-systems.com/starbuck/32/12_2.png) [@starbuck](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/starbuck)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2013, 7:33am UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/joining-an-active-directory-domain/1052/2 "2013-05-31T07:33:43Z")

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Google for something like this:  
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3TFPDT9uic](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3TFPDT9uic)

In principle, since Netrunner is based on Ubuntu, it should work, just use kate as editor, “kdesudo kate …”.