Re: Cant find PDC

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anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 07/15/04 

Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 08:47:13 -0700

I can confirm that we are running our 2000 domain in
Native mode and I to beleive that curmgr.exe is trying to
contact the PDC emulator, but we have never configured
wins in any part of our enviroment and broadcasts have
always been blocked at the switch level. It has only
recently started to be a problem is there any diags i can
run? DCDIAG confirms that the FSMO roles and correct
services are all running.
 
>-----Original Message-----
>"John" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:2d69001c469c5$85099cd0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> We are using a tool called cusrmgr.exe to add a domain
>> local group to the local sam of a w2k workstation via
>> group policy start up scripts,
>
>This will not work unless you are in (at least) Native
mode
>for the domain. (But since it has been working? we must
>assume you are in native mode.)
>
>
>> however recently this has
>> been erroring with "cant find pdc for <domain>".
>
>There is no "PDC" in a Win2000+ domain so again we must
>assume that this program or message is failing to find
the
>"PDC Emulator".
>
>> Can anyone help point me in the right direction please?
>
>Given that this is almost certainly a legacy program (a
modern
>program would not be so focused on the "PDC") it is
HIGHLY
>likely that this is a NETBIOS name resolution problem.
>
>Assuming (further) that you have no disabled NetBIOS in
your
>environment this is most likely caused by a multiple
subnets
>(possibly multiple domains) and NO WINS server(s) OR
>failure to specify the "WINS server" on the NIC/IP
properties
>of your DC which is the "PDC Emulator."
>
>This latter is quite common -- people forget
that "servers" much
>also be treated as NAME RESOLUTION CLIENTS.
>
>Alternatively, you might have multiple WINS servers that
are
>not fully replicated.
>
>--
>Herb Martin
>
>
>
>.
>

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