W2K & BIND: Can't join domain

[A. Searles]

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...
>
> - Kevin

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