Samba as PDC Problem

Sat Apr 3 23:52:36 GMT 1999

Gabe,

   samba will not respond to most commands thru the server manager (yet). I'm
betting it is simply a display problem. Try adding a machine to the domain, if
it works it is in fact functioning as a PDC...

Greg

On 03-Apr-99 Gabe Harriman wrote:
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> I'm having a problem getting Samba to become a PDC.  Whenever I view it =
> on my Server Manager, it claims to be a Backup NT Server.  I have =
> followed the directions on the website precisely, and it still doesn't =
> work.  I don't have any other NT Servers on my domain, so there =
> shouldn't be a conflict.  Also, when I try and upgrade it to a PDC thru =
> the Server Manager, it tells me that "The RPC server is unavailable".  =
> Can someone please help me fix this?  Thanks
> 
> Gabe Harriman
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