Re: NT4 -> W2K3 migration using ADMT

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From: Michael (nospam_at_nospam.no)
Date: 06/30/04 

Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 11:50:38 +0200

By the way, after having to do this again, I realized I got it wrong in my
original post. The #DOM: adds the 1C node, it's the 1B node that needs to be
added additionally.

10.0.0.1 PDCNAME #PRE #DOM:DOMAIN_NAME
10.0.0.1 "PDCNAME \0x1B" #PRE

"Michael" <nospam@nospam.no> escribió en el mensaje
news:OY604dfWEHA.3984@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Can the domain controllers resolve each other's names? You need to either
> have them both in WINS, on the same net, or modify the lmhosts file. If
you
> have to modify lmhosts, you need to add the 1B and 1C records to the
lmhosts
> file for the domain controller.
>
> Put something like this:
>
> 10.0.0.1 PDCNAME #PRE #DOM:DOMAIN_NAME
> 10.0.0.1 "PDCNAME \0x1C" #PRE
>
> ---
>
> Some comments:
> - 10.0.0.1 of course gets substituted with the IP of the other domain
> controller
> - PDCNAME, the name of the other domain controller
> - DOMAIN_NAME is the name of the other domain
> - The the PDCNAME in the second line is in quotes because the total
> characters before the \0x1C has to be 15, so I put a name of 7 characters
> and 8 spaces, and then the \0x1C.
>
> - When you put this in, reload the NetBIOS name cache (nbtstat -R) and
> delete and recreate the trusts.
>
> Good luck, and let me know if it doesn't work.
>
> Michael S.
>
> "Mike T." <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> escribió en el mensaje
> news:2123501c459ec$234b7c40$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> > I'm trying to migrate my user accounts from a Windows NT 4
> > domain to a Windows 2003 Server using the ADMT - User
> > Account Migration Wizard and i get an error - Acces is
> > denied ( Error code = 5, Domain = My NT Domain Name ).
> >
> > When creating trusts between the 2 domains - I am able to
> > setup both trusts on W2K3, but only the "Trusting" trust
> > on NT4 - after a few minutes of the trust trying to
> > complete I get the following error msg when trying to
> > creat the trust for the "Trusted" trust:
> >
> > "Could not find domain controller for this domain."
> >
> > The domain controller is in fact there and I'm surfing the
> > web on it right now! :)
> >
> > Any help will be greatful - I am stuck at this point.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Mike
>
>

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