What is the DNS suffix search order, and what is the primary DNS suffix on
the machine?

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Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE
Sr. Systems Administrator
Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity
Atlanta, GA


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Pochedley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 4:49 PM
> To: NT 2000 Discussions
> Subject: RE: Domain does not exist?
> 
> 
> Andrew,
> 
> Sorry, got disturbed there and accidently hit send...  I've 
> read a number of
> MSKB articles which seem similar to the problem but all their 
> fixes haven't
> worked thus far...  If you (or anyone else, please!) have any other
> suggestions or details of what I can try, I would be greatly 
> appreciative.  
> 
> Joe Pochedley
> If you have time to do it twice, 
> you had time to do it right in
> the first place.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Pochedley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 4:17 PM
> To: NT 2000 Discussions
> Subject: RE: Domain does not exist?
> 
> 
> Andrew,
> 
> In general I'd agree with that assumption, but by all accounts DNS is
> working properly...  Now I have DNS set up on the DC as AD Integrated
> Zone...  I have PTR records for the DNS servers, DC, and any 
> NT4 BDC's...  I
> can resolve both forward and backward and I have the primary 
> DNS set to the
> Win2K DC...  I have the appropriate SOA record pointing to 
> the DC and the
> appropriate PTR records for FSMO, LDAP, etc etc (automatically created
> during DCPROMO) are all in place...
> 
> We're using 10.1.0.0/16 for the network address with 10.1.1.x for the
> servers and 10.1.2.x through 10.1.4.x for the clients (only about 300
> clients altogether)....  Not that big a network. 
> 
> Joe Pochedley
> If you have time to do it twice, 
> you had time to do it right in
> the first place.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 2:11 PM
> To: NT 2000 Discussions
> Subject: RE: Domain does not exist?
> 
> 
> Sounds like a Name Resolution issue, specifically DNS
> 
> How large is the network?
> 
> http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/?File=ADnetwork.TXT
> 
>  
> 
> ASB
> http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB
>  
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Joe Pochedley
> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 12:11 PM
> To: NT 2000 Discussions
> Subject: AD: Domain does not exist?
> 
> 
> Last night I took the first step in upgrading our WinNT4 
> domain to Win2K
> with AD.  I upgraded our PDC and most everything appears to have gone
> well.
> 
> 
> The problem I'm having though is this:  I loaded the Admin tools on my
> Win2K workstation (also tried the .Net tools on my XP Pro station too
> with the same results)...  When I try to open ADUC from my 
> workstation,
> I get this
> message: Naming information cannot be located because: The specified
> domain either does not exist or could not be contacted.  Contact your
> System
> Administrator...etc...    After clicking OK ADUC opens and if 
> I attempt
> to
> connect to the domain I get nearly the same error message.  
> If I attempt
> to connect to the newly upgraded DC, I can then at least view and
> somewhat
> administer the users and computers....   
> 
> Opening the properties for the user takes upwards of 20 
> seconds, and if
> I go to the Account tab I get an error message stating that the "Pre
> Windows 2000
> domain name for the user cannot be displayed."   From that 
> point I can't
> seem to save any changes to the account...
> 
> Everything works fine on the Win2K "PDC" just not on any 
> workstations...
> It's presently running in mixed mode, replicating to 4 other NT4 BDC's
> (I'm hoping to upgrade those in the next couple weeks)...  
> I've verified
> that DNS is working correctly (on a separate Win2K server, but all
> entries appear in
> place and I can resolve the _ldap._tcp.domain name just fine)....   I
> have
> also verified my workstation knows about the Win2K DC by 
> running NLTEST
> /SC_RESET and that was successful...
> 
> Is this normal of mixed mode domains or what am I missing?
> 
> Thanks for any help!
> 
> Joe Pochedley
> If you have time to do it twice, 
> you had time to do it right in
> the first place.
> 
> 
> 
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