Re: OH ALMIGHTY GOD SOMEONE HELP! W2k3 Server File Sharing Issue.

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OK! Thanks for getting me this far. I will scour the Minasi.com website and
find a solutions. Thanks for everything,!!

k

"kenw@xxxxxxxx" wrote:

> Definitely. DNS is critical to Active Directory. If the /FIX options
> don't help, you'll need to dig. The Minasi.com web site has some good
> info. I can't help you much further here; you need to understand how to
> coinfigure DNS.
>
> /kenw
>
> "ktillman" <ktillman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >Ken thank you for responding. I've done as you said and got the following
> >feedback returned from the command line: It refers to DNS could this be issue?
> >----
> >DNS test . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Failed
> > [WARNING] Cannot find a primary authoritative DNS server for the
> >name
> > 'gateway366.thetillmans.local.'. [ERROR_TIMEOUT]
> > The name 'gateway366.thetillmans.local.' may not be registered
> >in DN
> >S.
> > [FATAL] File \config\netlogon.dns contains invalid DNS entries.
> >[FA
> >TAL] File \config\netlogon.dns contains invalid DNS entries. [FATAL] No
> >DNS s
> >ervers have the DNS records for this DC registered.
> >
> >
> >The command completed successfully
> >
> >C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.GATEWAY366>
> >
> >"kenw@xxxxxxxx" wrote:
> >
> >> "ktillman" <ktillman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> >ah...ok heres the deal and I can't figure it to save my life.
> >> >Ok the problem in its most basic form, the part my brain doesn't have
> >> >computing power to solve is this.
> >> >On a windows server 2003 platform I have shared folders in the root drive.
> >> >I can share these folers with the 'everyone' read access default. No problem.
> >> >However if a user (or even me as an admin) attempts to map this network
> >> >drive via (tools ...map network drive...etc) It gives me the following error:
> >> >"configuration information could not be read from the domain
> >> >controller,either because the machine is unavailable, or access has been
> >> >denied" The mapping is the typical \\server\share.
> >> >Now heres the kicker. I learned that I can map network drivers (after making
> >> >them avail. to be shared) by using (tools..map network drive.etc) and
> >> >specifying the option to 'map as a different user'. I've used admin and
> >> >domain user accounts and they both work as normal and I can see the contents
> >> >of the share.
> >>
> >> You may have DNS or AD issues. I'd suggest getting NETDIAG and DCDIAG
> >> (google & download) and running them. If they get any errors, try running
> >> them with /FIX; if that doesn't help, analyse the problem.
> >>
> >> Can you map the drives from the server back to itself?
> >>
> >> /kenw
> >> Ken Wallewein
> >> K&M Systems Integration
> >> Phone (403)274-7848
> >> Fax (403)275-4535
> >> kenw@xxxxxxxx
> >> www.kmsi.net
> >>
> Ken Wallewein
> K&M Systems Integration
> Phone (403)274-7848
> Fax (403)275-4535
> kenw@xxxxxxxx
> www.kmsi.net
>
.



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