Can anyone tell me how to use SME Server as a Windows domain controller (PDC)?
I have SME server set up and installed with a server-only installation. The client machine (Windows XP) picks up the DHCP address from SME Server, and I try to join the domain and get this message:
"A domain controller for the domain mydomain could not be contacted."
This is almost always related to WINS -- specifically, your windows client can't find a PDC on your network. WINS is a pretty solid feature of SME. It should readily provide Windows Network netbios name queries unless it can't communicate properly on your LAN. It is very unlikely you've found a bug that is preventing WINS resolution.
Verify that WINS is working locally on the SME box with the following:
[root@nameserver ~]# smbclient -L localhost -U admin
Once you input your admin password, you should see SME's WINS dbase.
You should also verify that your Win XP client is set to "Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP" and you've applied the registry update located in /home/e-smith/files/server-resources/regedit/
The DNS servers used by this computer for name resolution are not responding. This computer is configured to use the following IP addresses for DNS resolution:
172.16.2.100 (this is SME Server's IP address)
What do you mean by "not responding." If you are trying to query internet Domain Names and aren't getting a return IP from SME, then most likely SME doesn't have access to the internet.
What am I doing wrong...?
You probably don't have your network configured properly. Read the suggested documentation and try again.
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