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,
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Alexander Strauss wrote:
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?
On some OS's you would get this message if you have multiple network cards and run cifs setup.
You need to disable the secondary cards and try cifs setup again. Once the setup has been run the other network interfaces can be brought back online without any problems.
On later OS revs there's a -wins flag to ifconfig that fixed the problem.
Graham
Graham,
thanks for this input, it has fixed my problem. One of the interfaces in our filer is on a private network. I disabled it for WINS with the ifconfig command; the WINS setup worked without any problems then.
Alex
According to Graham C. Knight:
On some OS's you would get this message if you have multiple network cards and run cifs setup.
You need to disable the secondary cards and try cifs setup again. Once the setup has been run the other network interfaces can be brought back online without any problems.
On later OS revs there's a -wins flag to ifconfig that fixed the problem.
Graham
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