[Samba] No NT domain controller is available problem

John H Terpstra jht at samba.org
Thu Oct 9 17:37:43 GMT 2003


On Thu, 9 Oct 2003, Andrey Oleinik wrote:

> John,
>
> I tried to configure my Samba server to run WINS on it.
> And it didn't work.  I mean I added wins support = yes line
> into my
> config file, restarted Samba,
> and WINS didn't work. I was getting  "wins_srv_died(): Could
> not mark
> WINS server 127.0.0.1 down."  error messages...

This is a problem that you must resolve. It is most likely the cause of
your current problems also.

> I run WINS service on a NT box and made Samba to use that
> server as WINS
> server. All those things had been done
> before I started testing names resolution on my Linux
> server. I mean
> with the WINS things setup the way Samba wants it
> I still cannot get test # 5 passed (using a client name like
> cmp0068,
> using client's IP address it works) and my
> users still cannot find the domain controller... .
>
> Sure enough if I add an entry for the client into hosts file
> on the
> server, the test 5 gets passed... But that is not the way I
> want things to work :-)))

That means that Samba is not able to use your WINS server either.

>
> BTW, I don't have firewall running on my linux box.
>
> I appreciate any ideas/thoughts you guys might have
> regarding this :-)

How are you starting Samba's nmbd and smbd programs? Please email me your
smb.conf, your samba start-up script, and the nmbd log file from a failed
start-up of smb.conf configured as a WINS server.

- John T.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: John H Terpstra [mailto:jht at samba.org]
> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 8:13 AM
> To: Andrey Oleinik
> Cc: samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [Samba] No NT domain controller is available
> problem
>
>
> Audrey,
>
> How have you configured WINS? Have you read the
> Samba-HOWTO-Collection.pdf? You might benefit from reading
> chapter 9.
>
> Cheers,
> John T.
>
> On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Andrey Oleinik wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have samba server 2.2.8a to act as a PDC on a mixed
> > WinXP/Win2k/WinNT network.
> > I joined all my workstations to the domain with no
> > problem...  And users
> > can login into the domain
> > and access their folders/printers, BUT!!!  Every now and
> > then they
> > cannot log in getting error message
> > that domain controller cannot be found....
> >
> > I'm trying to track the problem down :-) When I went thru
> > the
> > DIAGNOSIS.TXT, test #5 fails:
> >
> > [root at homo bin]# ./nmblookup -B CMP0094 '*'
> > querying * on 0.0.0.0
> > 10.10.8.4 *<00>
> > [root at homo]#
> >
> > (Server name is "homo", client is "CMP0094",
> > the servers IP is 10.10.8.4, the clients ip
> > is 10.10.8.79)
> >
> > Shouldn't the above lookup answer with the clients ip?
> >
> > I have 2 Win2003 servers as domain members as well. Can
> that be the
> > problem?
> > I mean it seems like Samba 3.x may be the more appropriate
> > to server
> > Win2003 systems?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Andrey.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> John H Terpstra
> Email: jht at samba.org
>
>

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John H Terpstra
Email: jht at samba.org



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