Re: Cant find PDC
From: Herb Martin (news_at_LearnQuick.com)
Date: 07/23/04
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Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 23:52:27 -0500
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> 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.
If the product references the "PDC" then chances are VERY
GOOD it is a NetBIOS (rather than DNS) application.
NetBIOS isn't going to work across routers (or your switch
as you say) with just broadcasts.
DCDiag will NOT report a NetBIOS error -- only DNS and
other AD problems.
Chances are very high that you need a WINS server and to
configure ALL machines (including DCs) as WINS clients.
The real "clients" so they can find the important servers and
other machines, and the "servers" so they will REGISTER
themselves.
-- Herb Martin > > >-----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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