Topic: Can't connect winXP or Win 7 machines to domain

[longtom]

Hi,

I apologise in advance if this has been solved before but I didn't find anything relating to my situation.

I am a beginner as far as servers are concerned.  I want to create a domain and control it so users on the domain can access other computers on the domain only by using a password. 
I have used linux for several years, mostly PCLinuxOS and Linux Mint, and am familiar with the basic linux terminology as well as the basic use of a non gui interface.

I have installed SME 8.1 and was able to get everything going.  I am connected to the internet and gave it an ip address.  I can access SME from other machines via a browser.  I am able to add users.

I used the registry hacks which came with SME 8.1 for XP and Win7.

I tried to follow the wiki to get connected to my domain cango.local.  Every time I tried I am not able to do so getting the standard error message from the windows machine:

A domain controller for cango.local could not be contacted.

I tried this on 2 different locations, once having SME in a virtual setup and now having it on a physical machine.

I am obviously missing something essential but I can not figure out what.

Help will be highly appreciated.

Regards

longtom

[Stefano]

did you use the domain or the workgoup name? use the latter

[Stefano]

and make sure SME is the DNS server for the clients

[longtom]

did you use the domain or the workgoup name? use the latter

My word - I never would have guessed that.  Thank you!

I now get an "access denied" message.

and make sure SME is the DNS server for the clients

not sure how to do that.

Regards

longtom

EDIT:

It says: Workgroup and domain controller: Yes
            Roaming Profiles: No

[longtom]

Moving on I can connect as admin but not as any of the users.  What am I doing wrong?

Regards

longtom

[nicolatiana]

To be sure: in Server Manager all users are "active" = did you create a password for each user ?

Nicola