All sounds like name resolution to me... Get hold of the latest version of dcdiag from the MS Support site (Dated 6/9/2000). The updated version has a DCPROMO option which will test for connectiveity - dns records -> ldap, kerberos, and other records etc. This should help you find the root cause of why you can't promote.
On your workgroup server the dcdiag command looks something like this dcdiag /dnsdomain:my.company.com /dcpromo /replicadc Good luck ----- Original Message ----- From: "No Idea" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 2:53 AM Subject: [ActiveDir] dcpromo via WAN I am trying to run dcpromo to make a workgroup server become a member DC of a master domain. I have to dial the server up to the internet and put the master on the internet (no lectures about this please, I'm only doing it for dcpromo). I have tried defining the master domain in the lmhosts file (#PRE #DOM) and I made sure I am running netbios encapsulated in tcp/ip. Obviously I can't talk the the domain I am joining or I wouldn't be writing. Am I trying something that can't be done or missing something. Thanks List info: http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info: http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
