Fwd: [Samba] DNS problem?

[John Drescher]

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From: John Drescher <drescherjm at gmail.com>
Date: Nov 19, 2007 5:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Samba] DNS problem?
To: awilliam at mdah.state.ms.us



On Nov 19, 2007 5:07 PM,  <awilliam at mdah.state.ms.us> wrote:
> I'm trying to join an XP SP2 PC called testpc to a test environment.  Its
> network settings are statically set.  IP address is 10.8.3.209.  I have a
> PDC called gomer.mdah.state.ms.us w/ samba 3.0.26a and IP address is
> 10.8.3.37.  On test PC I right click on my computer, properties, computer
> name, change from workgroup WORKGROUP to domain ADAMSTEST.
>
> But I get the error:
>
> 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 ADAMSTEST 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
> ADAMSTEST:
>
> 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 ADAMSTEST 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
> ADAMSTEST:
>
> 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.ADAMSTEST
>

Do you have an entry for _ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.ADAMSTEST in your dns
server or are you using wins?

An example on how to do that is here:
http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/NetworkBrowsing.html#adsdnstech

John



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John M. Drescher