SMB: Show or Remove Hosts

Here, view machine accounts of Microsoft Windows® client systems. Remove an account to stop allowing login to the domain driven by this server.

To do this, select one or more system names from the list and press Remove.

The accounts are needed to authenticate user logins on the Microsoft Windows® client system against a Primary Domain Controller (PDC).

This server is configured by default as a PDC. In addition, machine accounts are created on the fly if a Microsoft Windows® client system joins the domain.

If the host name of a Microsoft Windows® client system with a trailing $ sign is listed, the join action was successful.