On Sat, 02 Jul 2011, Linda Walsh might have said: > Mike Eggleston wrote: > >On Fri, 01 Jul 2011, John Drescher might have said: > > > >>>We've been trying to get a newly loaded Win7 (64-bin) box to join our > >>>internal Samba domain. The error that keeps appearing is the win7 box > >>>can't find the domain controller and is looking for the registry keys > >>>NetpLoadParameters DNSNameResolutionRequired. We've set these registry > >>>keys before on other boxes, and have tried on this box, and stuff isn't > >>>working? > >>> > >>>Any suggestions on what to try? > >>> > >>http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Windows7 > >> > >>Also search for the samba mailing list trust issues with windows7 > >>machines. In this you will find how to disable the machine password > >>updates. > >> > >>John > > > >John (and anyone else), > > > >That link says the same registry keys we're trying to set. Attempting to > >join the Samba domain is still failing with an error those registry keys > >cannot be found. This same installation disk was used to install Win7 > >on another box and it worked just fine. I can't think of any changes. I > >don't understand why the previous box and win7 worked and this new box > >with win7 is failing. > ---- > 1) The Wiki page, I feel is unclear. It uses CCS to stand for > CurrentControlSet, i.e. put this in a .reg file and merge it from the > desktop... > > ---- > Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 > > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\LanmanWorkstation\Parameters] > "DNSNameResolutionRequired"=dword:00000000 > "DomainCompatibilityMode"=dword:00000001 > ---- > > > Have you looked at a wireshark trace? >
This is fixed now. I don't understand why the first several attempts failed. I had the installer use a Dell recovery DVD rather than a DVD ISO I pulled from Microsoft. Anyway, things should be ready for the user on Tuesday afternoon. Mike -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
