[Samba] samba PDC problems

[John H Terpstra]

On Thu, 12 Dec 2002, Bradley W. Langhorst wrote:

You might try to set a more DNS friendly domain name. ie: One without the
'.' in it. Could be a problem.

- John T.

> On Wed, 2002-12-11 at 23:03, ___cliff rayman___ wrote:
> > >
> > ok - did that.  joined workgroup WORKGROUP.
> > rebooted (what else).
> > then attempted to change to domain GENWAX.TEST.
> > i received the same error message as previously.
> >
> bummer - i thought that would be it.
> i assume you get the welcome to WORKGROUP and
> welcome to GENWAX.TEST message boxes after you change the machine props?
>
> > >># server name and group stuff
> > >>	workgroup = genwax.test
> > >>	netbios name = filesnew
>
> i've never tried this - did you try logging in without the netbios name
> param?
>
> Are your sure your clients are looking at the dns server you mentioned?
> you might try putting the ip address into the hosts file on the pro
> machine..
>
> brad
>
>

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John H Terpstra
Email: jht at samba.org