W2K & BIND: Can't join domain

[Kevin Darcy]

"A. Searles" wrote:

> Thanks for your reply Kevin,
> Could you give me any idea what I should look at on the DNS server?  I'm
> checking /var/log/messages for errors that relate to the dynamic zone and I'm
> looking at the actual db file, but I don't know what to look for.
>
> Thanks again,
> Amanda
>
> Kevin Darcy wrote:
>
> > Amanda Searles wrote:
> >
> > > I've been searching through posts, but I can't find a solution to this
> > > problem.  If anyone can offer suggestions I would really appreciate it.
> > >
> > > I have a Win2k server (upgraded from NT4) and about 30 Win2k clients.
> > > DNS for our site is handled through BIND on a linux box.  Bind is setup
> > > for dDNS and seems to return valid results ("netdiag /v" returns no
> > > errors and I'm able to view SRV records using nslookup.  I can send the
> > > output from the commands if it would be useful).  I'm able to ping the
> > > server name and the domain name successfully from the client machine.
> > >
> > > When I try to join one of the Win2k clients to the domain I get the
> > > following error: "The Specified network name is no longer available."
> > > The error logs on the client and the server show no errors.
> > >
> > > It seems to me that the client isn't able to find the appropriate
> > > services for logging on, which I think would be a DNS problem, but I'm
> > > not sure how to verify this or how to solve it.  If you can point me in
> > > the right direction it would be really appreciated.
> >
> > You need to find some sort of Rosetta Stone that translates "The Specified
> > network name is no longer available" into something meaningful in
> > DNS/BIND terms. It's so vague, it could mean almost anything...

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- Kevin