Like I said earlier, I too went through something similar a few years ago. I found the hints in the Event logs. Look for those command-line tools for DCDIAG and ADDIAG. They told me exactly what was wrong with my DNS server configuration. -------------------------------------- Richard McClary, Systems Administrator ASPCA Knowledge Management 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 217-337-9761 http://www.aspca.org
Steve Moffat <[email protected]> wrote on 12/11/2008 02:49:26 PM: > There are some clues... The network path was not found. > > Are you using the w2k3 dns server in the w2k IP settings? > > S > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Brouwer [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 4:32 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Issue joining 2003 domain (UNCLASSIFIED) > > In what way could the DNS be messed up? I can ping the DC and the > domain by name and ip. All respond. > > On Dec 11, 2008, at 3:05 PM, NTSysAdmin wrote: > > > Then your DNS / WINS is fubarred somehow in relation to that server. > > > > S > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Eric Brouwer [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 2:39 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: Issue joining 2003 domain (UNCLASSIFIED) > > > > Yes. This had the same outcome. > > > > On Dec 11, 2008, at 1:35 PM, Kent, Larry CTR USA IMCOM wrote: > > > >> Classification: UNCLASSIFIED > >> Caveats: NONE > >> > >> > >> Did you put it back in a workgroup first, reboot, then try to join > >> the > >> W2K3 domain? > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Eric Brouwer [mailto:[email protected]] > >> Sent: 2008-12-11 12:13 > >> To: NT System Admin Issues > >> Subject: Re: Issue joining 2003 domain > >> > >> Yes, it is joined to an old NT domain I am trying desperately to > >> decommission. Nothing besides the switches are between the PC and > >> the > >> DC. The funny thing is, XP machines join fine. > >> > >> When I try joining new_domain.local as opposed to new_domain, I get a > >> different error: > >> > >> Network Identification > >> The following error occurred attempting to join the domain > >> "new_domain.local": > >> > >> The network path was not found. > >> > >> On Dec 11, 2008, at 11:34 AM, Troy Meyer wrote: > >> > >>> Hey Eric, > >>> > >>> Is the W2K box already a member of another domain? Is there anything > >>> filtering traffic between the DC and the old server? I think > >>> occasionally we also had to use the complete dns name when trying to > >>> add. (ie domain.com not just domain). > >>> > >>> Weird though, never seen that before. > >>> > >>> -Troy > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: Eric Brouwer [mailto:[email protected]] > >>> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 5:55 AM > >>> To: NT System Admin Issues > >>> Subject: Issue joining 2003 domain > >>> > >>> Good morning, > >>> > >>> I am trying to join one of our legacy W2K boxes to our W2K3 > >>> domain. I > >>> am logged in as the local administrator, and when I try to join I am > >>> passing my domain admin credentials like new_domain\administrator. > >>> > >>> I am getting the following error: > >>> Network Identification > >>> The following error occurred attempting to join the domain > >>> "new_domain": > >>> > >>> No mapping between account names and security IDs was done. > >>> > >>> I can ping the new_domain DC by name and IP, and I can see the > >>> new_domain from Network Places. > >>> > >>> Any one ever run into this? > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> > >>> Eric Brouwer > >>> IT Manager > >>> www.forestpost.com > >>> [email protected] > >>> 248.855.4333 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > >>> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > >>> > >>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > >>> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > >> > >> > >> Eric Brouwer > >> IT Manager > >> www.forestpost.com > >> [email protected] > >> 248.855.4333 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > >> Classification: UNCLASSIFIED > >> Caveats: NONE > >> > >> > >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > Eric Brouwer > > IT Manager > > www.forestpost.com > > [email protected] > > 248.855.4333 > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > Eric Brouwer > IT Manager > www.forestpost.com > [email protected] > 248.855.4333 > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
