Joining Windows client to Leopard PDC domain
Leopard Server 10.5.2 providing OD, AD PDC, DHCP, DNS, AFP, SMB all on and "running"
XServe Intel
Mainly Windows XP clients but also some OS X clients
I am trying to set up a Leopard server to host a domain on our internal company LAN. I have followed the tutorials in "Mac OS X Server Essentials 10.5" and also referred to the "Open Directory Admin Guide" as well as the "Network Services Admin Guide" and am stuck in a few places.
One issue I am having is trying to join an XP client to the domain so that I can use account login and home folder access which is on the Leopard server. My 10.5 client machine can login and access the home folder fine but when I try to join the XP machine I get the following error on the PC:
"A domain controller for the domain mycompany.com could not be contacted. Ensure that the domain name is typed correctly."
I then click on Details and get the following:
"The following error occurred when DNS was queried for the service location (SRV) resource record used to locate a domain controller for domain mycompany.com:
The error was "DNS name does not exist."
(error code 0x0000232B RCODE NAMEERROR)
The query was for the SRV record for ldap._tcp.dc.msdcs.mycompany.com"
DHCP seems to be handing out IP addresses fine but does not hand out LDAP info. e.g. My Leopard client cannot get the LDAP via DHCP even though this is configured (according to the "Essentials" book) in the Directory Utility, it will only see the Domain controller/LDAP if I manually enter the info into it's Directory Utility. I'm wondering if this has something to do with PC not finding the domain?
What concerns me is the lack of configuration in DNS - so far I have only set up a primary zone for the domain mycompany.com with the correct primary zone name: mycompany.com. and nameserver: xserve1.mycompany.com. as well as a machine record within the zone for the server, machine name: xserve1 and IP address: 192.168.0.1 (the relevant reverse info is ok)
I have seen some discussions online that indicate I need to enter more DNS info e.g. an LDAP service record etc. but there is no mention of this in the Directory admin manual under setting up a PDC. Is this true and if so can anyone advise me as to how to enter these in Server Admin?
I am a complete beginner to server admin and command line tools but would really appreciate any help in the matter!
Thanks 🙂
XServe Intel
Mainly Windows XP clients but also some OS X clients
I am trying to set up a Leopard server to host a domain on our internal company LAN. I have followed the tutorials in "Mac OS X Server Essentials 10.5" and also referred to the "Open Directory Admin Guide" as well as the "Network Services Admin Guide" and am stuck in a few places.
One issue I am having is trying to join an XP client to the domain so that I can use account login and home folder access which is on the Leopard server. My 10.5 client machine can login and access the home folder fine but when I try to join the XP machine I get the following error on the PC:
"A domain controller for the domain mycompany.com could not be contacted. Ensure that the domain name is typed correctly."
I then click on Details and get the following:
"The following error occurred when DNS was queried for the service location (SRV) resource record used to locate a domain controller for domain mycompany.com:
The error was "DNS name does not exist."
(error code 0x0000232B RCODE NAMEERROR)
The query was for the SRV record for ldap._tcp.dc.msdcs.mycompany.com"
DHCP seems to be handing out IP addresses fine but does not hand out LDAP info. e.g. My Leopard client cannot get the LDAP via DHCP even though this is configured (according to the "Essentials" book) in the Directory Utility, it will only see the Domain controller/LDAP if I manually enter the info into it's Directory Utility. I'm wondering if this has something to do with PC not finding the domain?
What concerns me is the lack of configuration in DNS - so far I have only set up a primary zone for the domain mycompany.com with the correct primary zone name: mycompany.com. and nameserver: xserve1.mycompany.com. as well as a machine record within the zone for the server, machine name: xserve1 and IP address: 192.168.0.1 (the relevant reverse info is ok)
I have seen some discussions online that indicate I need to enter more DNS info e.g. an LDAP service record etc. but there is no mention of this in the Directory admin manual under setting up a PDC. Is this true and if so can anyone advise me as to how to enter these in Server Admin?
I am a complete beginner to server admin and command line tools but would really appreciate any help in the matter!
Thanks 🙂
Macbook 2GHz, Mac OS X (10.5.2)