[Samba] Samba server with Win XP clients: Problems.

[Matthew Easton]

On Saturday 13 August 2005 19:14, Steve Orbe wrote:


> ====================== ERROR MESSAGE =================
> Note: This information is intended for a network
> administrator. If you are not your network's
> administrator, notify the administrator that you
> received this information, which has been recorded in
> the file C:\WINDOWS\debug\dcdiag.txt.
>
> The domain name ERNSAMBA might be a NetBIOS domain
> name. If this is the case, verify that the domain
> name is properly registered with WINS.
>
> If you are certain that the name is not a NetBIOS
> domain name, then the following information can help
> you troubleshoot your DNS configuration.
>
> The following error occurred when DNS was queried for
> the service location (SRV) resource record used to
> locate a domain controller for domain ERNSAMBA:
>
> The error was: "DNS name does not exist."
> (error code 0x0000232B RCODE_NAME_ERROR)
>
> The query was for the SRV record for
> _ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.ERNSAMBA
>
> Common causes of this error include the following:
>
> - The DNS SRV record is not registered in DNS.
>
> - One or more of the following zones do not include
> delegation to its child zone:
>
> ERNSAMBA
> . (the root zone)
>
> For information about correcting this problem, click
> Help.
> =======================================
It appears that the windows client is using DNS for name resolution.

On the windows client, at the command line, do
	ipconfig /all 
Is there an entry for a WINS server? It should be your samba server IP.

If not, you must either configure DHCP to give the wins server, or you must 
manually enter the WINS info in the 'Advanced' window of the Network Control 
panel. 

HTH