Martin Schweizer wrote: > Hello Gary > > Thank you for the hint. It was the WINS entry. I deactivated DHCP/DNS and set > the IP and the WINS entry manualy on the Win2k machine. Afterwoods Win2k > founded my Samba domain. Now it works great.
You guys do realize that you can put the WINS servers in the DHCP, right? > > > On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 10:47:01AM +0100 Pentland G.. wrote: > >>Hi Martin >> >>Firstly you do not have to manually add the PDC to the domain, you did >>have to in older samba releases. >> >>I don't know what the "Correct" solution is but I have now solved it >>by temperarily disabling the DNS server as I add clients to the >>domain. >> >>It appears the when Win2K wants to find a PDC to ask whether it can >>join the domain it does a name look up, my static DNS didn't have the >>correct entry, merely the server's hostname and IP. By diabling the >>DNS the client was forced to braodcast and got an answer from the WINS >>server (nmbd) once the machine had joined the domain I put the DNS >>back on and have run OK since. >> >>If you have dynamic DNS then I guess the PDC can add this record >>itself but I haven't been able to find the correct format to add it >>manually. >> >>Hope this helps... >> >>Gary Pentland >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Martin Schweizer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>Sent: 31 March 2002 15:52 >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Joning Win2k to Samba PDC >> >> >>Hello Gary >> >>I read your posting in the samba mailing list. I've the same problem >>and read >>a lot of different stuff aubout this problem (since one month) but >>without >>success. Do you find a solution? Thank your for any hints. >> > -- Bill Moran Potential Technology http://www.potentialtech.com -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
