The fun question is, what if there is no domain controller available due exactly to the configuration Jaye is trying to install - a separate, "back channel" subnet that is not part of the domain. How would the filers use CIFS then? Install as workstation and do authentication with every file request off a local pwd file?

-----Original Message----- From: Jaye Mathisen [mailto:mrcpu@internetcds.com] Sent: Thursday, April 29, 1999 1:20 PM To: Puneet Anand Cc: toasters@mathworks.com Subject: Re: How to use CIFS if PDC not on same lan?

The PDC is not IP reachable from the filer. The filer is on a private backbone, serving NFS/CIFS clients off secondary ethernet interfaces.

The BDC happens to be one of those clients.

And it has 2 interfaces...

On Thu, 29 Apr 1999, Puneet Anand wrote:

Is the PDC registering with the same WINS ? Hopefully yes. We do need PDC for installation.If this is ONTAP 5.1 or later ,you can run cifs testdc command with the following options to troubleshoot.

cifs testdc <wins_ip> <domain_name> <filer_name>

-Puneet __________________

Jaye Mathisen wrote:

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I have 2 sites. Site B has a BDC for a domain, and the Netapp. Site A connected via T1 has the PDC.

When I try to run CIFS setup, it gets to the part about needing to reach the PDC and can't find it, so it aborts.

I'm not sure why it can't just do whatever it needs to do with the BDC right there (running WINS)...

Perhaps I need to add some key to WINS for the netapp to see it?