ADCLI on CentOS 6

If you are trying to bind a Linux machine to Active Directory, a very simple tool to use is ADCLI. You can use it to join servers, query AD, and also add/delete objects. It is not currently available through the yum repos, however. Here’s how to get past that:

1. Download http://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/os/SRPMS/adcli-0.8.1-1.el6.src.rpm
2. You’ll need to rebuild the source rpm like this:
   1. rpmbuild –rebuild adcli-0.8.1-1.el6.src.rpm
3. You may end up with needing other dependencies such as openldap-devel and xmlto (and potentially others). You can install these through yum:
   1. yum install -y openldap-devel xmlto
4. To bind a new server:
   1. adcli join -U <ADadminUser> domain
   2. Enter password
5. Verify the bind was a success by querying AD:
   1. adcli info <domain>

You should now be able to login with any AD user on that machine and do application level Active Directory integration