[Samba] Problem joining a Samba 3 domain - DC can't be contac ted

[Michael Wray]

Take the DASH out of your domain name. While allowed at creation time most 
clients cant use this name properly..windows, samba, or otherwise.

On Wednesday 16 March 2005 11:28 am, fatima riadi wrote:
> My domain name is SAMBA-DOMAIN, I can't join it from a
> win 2003 machine. Now, if I try to join it from a XP
> machine, I am asked to enter a username and password
> for a user allowed to join the domain, however, the
> info I enter is not accepted!!!
>
> Any idea please?
>
> Thank you
>
> Note: to manage joining my samba domain from a xp
> machine, I had to change a registry key.
>
> --- "Mccrory, Kevin B" <kevin.mccrory at eds.com> wrote:
> > What is your domain name? If you have special
> > characters in the domain name
> > the workstations won't join properly. The domain
> > name should be all one
> > word.
> >
> > Kevin B. McCrory
> > Network Engineer - COPS
> > US Government Solutions
> > 13600 EDS Drive
> > Mail stop:  A4S-B21
> > Herndon, VA 20171
> > * phone: +01-703-733-3255
> > * mailto:kevin.mccrory at eds.com
> > * AKO mailto:kevin.mccrory at us.army.mil
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:
> > samba-bounces+kevin.mccrory=eds.com at lists.samba.org
>
> [mailto:samba-bounces+kevin.mccrory=eds.com at lists.samba.org]
>
> > On Behalf Of
> > fatima riadi
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 11:59 AM
> > To: samba at lists.samba.org
> > Subject: [Samba] Problem joining a Samba 3 domain -
> > DC can't be contacted
> >
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I configured samba 3.0.11 as PDC with openLDAP.
> >
> > Wehen I try to join my samba domain from a windows
> > machine (XP or 2003) I get this error message "a
> > domain controller for the domain "my_samba_domain"
> > could not be contacted.
> >
> > Do have any idea of what is hapening?
> >
> > Just for reference: I do not have a dns server.
> >
> > Regards.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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