Either way, I'm wondering if a quick install of WINS and targeting at least his servers at it would help over come this issue.
From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 7:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: NT issue meant to address this earlier ... it is NOT the HOSTS file to look at ... HOSTS is the file based version of DNS, to resolve an FQDN to an IP address.... for NT Domain issues, the LMHOSTS file is the one that works like WINS to resolve NetBIOS names ( Browse ) to IP Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _____ From: David James [mailto:bigdadd...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 1:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: NT issue Does your hosts file have the #DOM entry? From: Eric Brouwer [mailto:er...@forestpost.com] Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 11:28 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: NT issue I've rebooted the PDC numerous times tonight. Onc in a while when it comes up, I se a message about a slow network connection, and I get the option to download my profile, or load the local profile. Could this be an issue, and what does it point to? I've moved the PDC to a new port, new cable, etc. which I am relatively certain is okay. I was using it for hours with my laptop which does not belong to the domain, and it seems fine. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Brouwer" <er...@forestpost.com> Sent: Mon, December 29, 2008 19:59 Subject: RE: NT issue I figured out the SET command. I was wrong. The problem server is not a member, but a BDC. It authenticated to itself, but it is not seeing the PDC. For instance, I can not run User Manager on the BDC, and I am seeing Event ID:3096 in the logs. The message is about not finding a domain controller on the network. _____ From: Eric Brouwer [mailto:er...@forestpost.com] Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 7:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: NT issue Server and Net Logon services are running on both servers. Yes, they are on the same subnet. How do I check the preferred server setting? How do I look at the environment variables from the command line? _____ From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 7:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: NT issue on the server look for the server service, and netlogon service ... are they on the same subnet ? Maybe check your WINS server too, and on the member server that won't authenticate you can check for an incorrect preferred server setting ( and from cmd look at environment variables for netlogon server ) Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _____ From: Eric Brouwer [mailto:er...@forestpost.com] Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 7:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: NT issue Good evening, Yes, I am still running a few NT servers on an old network! We had a power outage, and now we're having authentication issues. The PDC seems to be coming up fine, but one of my NT member servers won't authenticate to it. I see a NETLOGON message in the event viewer stating no domain controllers could be found. How can I determine if the PDC is running properly? How can I verify the proper services are running, etc. to service logon requests? Thanks! Eric Brouwer IT Manager Forest Post Productions er...@forestpost.com (248) 855-4333 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
