Sounds like a filthy setup. Will then entertain the idea of hacking out the duplicate server/domain names?
You could start messing around with DNS, creating SRV records, etc. I'd try to get a buy in for a cleanup though. How many users are we talking about? BR Rob -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robbie Foust Sent: 29 October 2004 15:30 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] sysvol problems Hi Robert, Thanks for the reply. If I net view the real "dc" name, then yes. If I net view the name that shows up in the login dialog box, then no. I get the network path not found message. - Robbie Robert Rutherford wrote: >If you do a 'net view \\servername' can u see the shares, i.e. sysvol? > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robbie Foust >Sent: 29 October 2004 15:10 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [ActiveDir] sysvol problems > >Hi, > >I'm trying to track down a problem. This particular domain only has one > >domain controller (don't blame me) :-) and I am unable to access the >sysvol through the domain name, like when I try to go to >\\domain.duke.edu\sysvol I get "The network path was not found." One >other weird thing about the server, is that on the login dialog box, >instead of listing the domain name as the domain to log in to, it lists >something like "domainserv". (names changed to protect the innocent) > >There's more to the story, but I'll leave it at that for now. The DNS >config should be somewhat correct, at least enough that it should be >working. I've corrected many problems associated with that, but still >no go. A nslookup to the domain name does resolve to the server's IP >address. Netbt was disabled so I've reenabled it to see if that >helped. dcdiag things everything is fine, netdiag thinks everything is >fine except it says: > >NetBT name test. . . . . . . . . . : Passed > [WARNING] You don't have a single interface with the <00> >'WorkStation Service', <03> 'Messenger Service', <20> 'WINS' names >defined. > >I'm not 100% sure exactly what its talking about, since the server has >everything registered in WINS. In fact, it has both "server names" >registered. Both the real DC name and the name that shows up in the >login dialog box. :-) > >Thanks! > >- Robbie > > > -- Robbie Foust, IT Analyst OIT/CASI - Administrative Information Support Duke University List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ ======================================================================= Scanned for virus infection by Messagelabs ======================================================================= List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
