Alexander, Make sure you add the filer via Server Manager on you NT Domain before running cifs setup. The filer must be added to the domain before running cifs setup. If this has been done, see if you can ping the PDC ip from your filer console! If your not able to ping the PDC, you may be dealing with a routing issue. Hope this helps, Mike

-----Original Message----- From: Alexander Strauss [SMTP:strauss@ti.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 1999 11:30 AM To: toasters@mathworks.com Subject: CIFS Setup Problems

Hello,

I tried to setup CIFS on my NetApp Fileserver using NT Domain authentication. The Filer has been added to the Domain by the NT server manager and can find the primary domain controller through the WINS service. Then I get the following error message:

filer> cifs setup [ ... ] Will this filer use an NT Domain for authentication? [yes]: Enter the NT Domain for the filer: EUROPE1

CIFS local server is registering... CIFS server is beginning domain installation. CIFS server is locating PDC. CIFS - Primary Domain Controller must be active for installation.

CIFS local server is shutting down...

But the primary domain controller *is* definitely active.

Any suggestions?

thank you,