Joining Domain with W2K Fails with 'wins server =' Option Set

Anders C. Thorsen anders at cwd.no
Sun Jan 21 03:51:56 GMT 2001


don't point wins server =
at the server itself! (PS: The documentation warns against this.. )

--Anders

-----Original Message-----
From: samba-ntdom-admin at us5.samba.org
[mailto:samba-ntdom-admin at us5.samba.org]On Behalf Of Chris Fischer
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 2:51 AM
To: samba-ntdom
Subject: Joining Domain with W2K Fails with 'wins server =' Option Set


Hi,

It took the longest time, but I finally figured out why I could not get W2K
to join a domain. Turns out the culprit is the 'wins server =' option. If I
set this to the IP of the Samba server I get the following error:

"The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted".
Commenting out 'wins server =' then restarting Samba allowed me to finally
join a domain. Problem is that I need Wins support.

Of interst may be an excerpt from log.nmbd when 'wins server =
192.168.67.10'
is turned on:

  *****

  Samba name server CHRISF is now a local master browser for workgroup C21
on
subnet 192.168.67.10

  *****
[2001/01/20 17:30:13, 1] nmbd/nmbd_processlogon.c:process_logon_packet(70)
  process_logon_packet: Logon from 192.168.67.46: code = 0x12
[2001/01/20 17:30:13, 1] nmbd/nmbd_processlogon.c:process_logon_packet(70)
  process_logon_packet: Logon from 192.168.67.46: code = 0x12
[2001/01/20 17:30:15, 0]
nmbd/nmbd_incomingrequests.c:process_name_refresh_request(180)
  process_name_refresh_request: unicast name registration request received
for name ^A^B__MSBROWSE__^B<01> from IP 192.168.67.46 on subnet
UNICAST_SUBNET.
[2001/01/20 17:30:15, 0]
nmbd/nmbd_incomingrequests.c:process_name_refresh_request(181)
  Error - should be sent to WINS server


So, is there a way for me to have my cake and eat it too?  :-)

Regards,

Chris





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