Martin Mielke wrote: > Hi all, > > some weeks ago I posted the following message to the Samba list but haven't > seen any replies so far... > This might be a bit OT but I need to find an answer soon and surely someone > here has faced this problem before... > > I need to setup a PDC on Samba 3. To achieve this I followed the steps > described on the Samba docs and on some other websites I found after > googling for a while. From the Samba side everything seems to be OK: > ---- > Apr 3 15:30:06 v601 nmbd[11664]: Samba server V601 is now a domain > master browser for workgroup MYDOMAIN.COM on subnet 192.168.1.11 > ---- > > So far, so good... it was an easy task. > > Now problems arise when I want the WinXP Professional clients to join > that domain (full disclosure here: I'm a Windows user by "market > contamination" so maybe I'm overseeing something obvious during the > process). > > This is the error message I get when trying to join the domain: > ---- > DNS was successfully queried for the service location (SRV) resource > record used to locate a domain controller for domain mydomain.com: > > The query was for the SRV record for _ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.mydomain.com > > The following domain controllers were identified by the query: > > v601.mydomain.com > > Common causes of this error include: > > - Host (A) records that map the name of the domain controller to its IP > addresses are missing or contain incorrect addresses. > > - Domain controllers registered in DNS are not connected to the network > or are not running. > > For information about correcting this problem, click Help. > ---- > > First off, I had to manually add that SRV record on my named.conf. I've > been told that all needed entries are created automatically on the DNS > when you are on a Windows environment... > > Secondly, AFAIK the DNS has been setup correctly for both direct and > reverse queries. That's why I must raise an eyebrow when I see such an > error message popping up > > So... is there anything I have forgotten to set up things correctly?? > > > TIA and regards, > > Martin > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > Sorry to touch basics but ....
Is your record of the form? _ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.mydomain.com IN SRV 0 100 389 <PDC server>.mydomain.com and port 389 is open on server It was a long time ago I set this up... but I do vaguely remember something anout DOMAIN names, and PDC names needing to map onto DNS server names and zone names, but my memory may be playing tricks :-)
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