>From the output (because the MAC address is given) it looks as though the DC is a Windows box. Is that correct?
Here's the odd thing... The 1C name is a group name. It should not be in conflict at all. The only way I know of (assuming that this is a Windows/NT box) to cause the Conflict stat is for some other node to send a directed "NAME CONFLICT DEMAND" or "NAME RELEASE REQUEST DEMAND" to the node. Can you scan your networks and look for the same name as a unique name? That shouldn't be the problem but... If some other node is registering DOMAIN<1C> as a unique name it could cause trouble. Perhaps something else is going on. The handling of #1C names is very strange. The WINS server is supposed to list all of the IP addresses (up to 25 of them) of the DOMAIN<1C> name, but it is also supposed to force the IP address of the DOMAIN<1B> name to the top of the #1C IP list. [Goofy as all getout, but that's how you identify the PDC from the list of IPs in the #1C entry. Yes, really. Geez.] Anyway, if anything is messed up in the WINS database, or if some node is sending out bogus "NAME CONFLICT DEMAND" or "NAME RELEASE REQUEST DEMAND" messages, or if there is a conflicting #1C unique name... then you would get the conflict status. Chris -)----- Andrew Esh wrote: > > What causes this conflict condition in the PDC #1c nmblookup info? > This causes Samba not to be able to authenticate with the given > domain controller. Of course, if the smb.conf "password server" > parameter has another (good) DC listed, we get past this, but it > kills Samba in single-DC environments. I've seen this twice in the > last three weeks, in two unrelated domains. If the DC is rebooted, > the conflict goes away, and Samba can authenticate again. > > (NetBIOS Names and IPs changed to protect the innocent, but the > output is real.) > > # nmblookup -A 2.4.6.8 > > Local Area Connection: > Node IpAddress: [2.4.6.8] Scope Id: [] > > NetBIOS Remote Machine Name Table > > Name Type Status > --------------------------------------------- > DC <00> UNIQUE Registered > DC <20> UNIQUE Registered > DOMAIN <00> GROUP Registered > DOMAIN <1C> GROUP Conflict > DOMAIN <1B> UNIQUE Registered > DOMAIN <1E> GROUP Registered > DC <03> UNIQUE Registered > DOMAIN <1D> UNIQUE Registered > ..__MSBROWSE__.<01> GROUP Registered > > MAC Address = 00-01-02-03-04-05 > > -- > Andrew C. Esh mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tricord Systems, Inc. > 2905 Northwest Blvd., Suite 20 763-557-9005 (main) > Plymouth, MN 55441-2644 USA 763-551-6418 (direct) > http://www.tricord.com - Tricord Home Page -- Christopher R. Hertel -)----- University of Minnesota [EMAIL PROTECTED] Networking and Telecommunications Services
