OT: DNS,PDC,password change doesnt work

[Michael E. Hanson]

On the other hand, since he's wondering about a DNS related solution,
just maybe he might find an answer here...

Unfortunately, with NT4 there is no DNS solution.  Your clients need to
find the PDC in order to change their password, that requires either
LMHOSTS files or (better yet) WINS.  The BDC will allow them to login,
but all changes must be made through the PDC.

To find the PDC with NT4, you need a NetBIOS Name/Service resolution
method, and that's what WINS provides you.

If you need more info, contact me off-list.

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(http://www.GryphonsGate.com)
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>| -----Original Message-----
>| From: bind-users-bounce at isc.org 
>| [mailto:bind-users-bounce at isc.org] On Behalf Of Danny Mayer
>| Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 8:58 AM
>| To: hotline at harryworld.dyndns.org; comp-protocols-dns-bind at isc.org
>| Subject: Re: OT: DNS,PDC,password change doesnt work
>| 
>| 
>| 
>| At 08:44 AM 8/12/02, Berger Harald wrote:
>| 
>| >Hi,
>| >
>| >i=B4m a little bit OT, but i hope you can help me.
>| >
>| >in our company we have decide to kill our WINS and use DNS. The 
>| >DNS-Servers works pretty good (9.2.1). There are two locations, 
>| >connected with cisco-routers (2MBit).
>| >
>| >in the 1. location where the NT 4.0 Primary domain 
>| controller is.. user 
>| >can change their password (nt4-workstation).
>| >
>| >in the second location there is only a BDC.. and the users
>| >are unable to chage there password.
>| >
>| >looking in the web. i found that you must have an 
>| WINS-Server or you 
>| >have to put some entries in the clients lmhost-file.
>| >
>| >is there a trick to do something in the dns-server that the clients 
>| >will know where the PDC is.. the funny thin is that a ping 
>| to the PDC 
>| >works fine.
>| >
>| >thanks for help and excuse me against for being OT....
>| >
>| 
>| You need to ask in a Microsoft news group or mailing list.  
>| This is the wrong place for this type of question. It has 
>| nothing to do with BIND.
>| 
>| Danny
>| 
>| 
>|