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Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 06:42:50 -0800 (PST)
From: Mike Blanco <mblanco AT sbcglobal DOT net>
Subject: Re:  Can not Contact Domain Controller
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--- Mike Blanco <mblanco AT sbcglobal DOT net> wrote:

> Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 06:40:53 -0800 (PST)
> From: Mike Blanco <mblanco AT sbcglobal DOT net>
> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> 
> > > Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 14:08:12 -0800 (PST)
> > From: Mike Blanco <mblanco AT sbcglobal DOT net>
> > Subject: Can not Contact Domain Controller
> > To: cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
> > 
> > Everytime I open the Cygwin Console I get the
> > following notifications:
> > 
> > Your group is currently "mkpasswd".  This
> indicates
> > that
> > the /etc/passwd (and possibly /etc/group) files
> > should
> > be rebuilt.
> > See the man pages for mkpasswd and mkgroup then,
> for
> > example, run
> > mkpasswd -l [-d] > /etc/passwd
> > mkgroup  -l [-d] > /etc/group
> > Note that the -d switch is necessary for domain
> > users.
> > 
> > 
> > So I have tried to do this:
> > 
> > mkgroup -l -d > /etc/group
> > mkpasswd -l > /etc/passwd
> > administrator AT bgserver1 ~
> > $ mkpasswd -u "mblanco" -d "bgchemical.com" >
> > /etc/passwd
> > mkpasswd (731): [2453] Could not find domain
> > controller for this domain.
> > 
> > I can never contact my domain controller, which is
> > on
> > the same machine as the cygwin.
> > 
> > Any help is appreiciated.
> > 
> > MB
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Mike Blanco
> > > Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 00:18:40 +0100
> > From: Holger Krull <holger DOT krull AT gmx DOT de>
> > To:  cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> > Subject: Re: Can not Contact Domain Controller
> > 
> > Mike Blanco schrieb:
> > > Everytime I open the Cygwin Console I get the
> > > following notifications:
> > > 
> > > Your group is currently "mkpasswd".  This
> > indicates
> > > that
> > > the /etc/passwd (and possibly /etc/group) files
> > should
> > > be rebuilt.
> > > See the man pages for mkpasswd and mkgroup then,
> > for
> > > example, run
> > > mkpasswd -l [-d] > /etc/passwd
> > > mkgroup  -l [-d] > /etc/group
> > > Note that the -d switch is necessary for domain
> > users.
> > > 
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > $ mkpasswd -u "mblanco" -d "bgchemical.com" >
> > > /etc/passwd
> > > mkpasswd (731): [2453] Could not find domain
> > > controller for this domain.
> > > 
> > > I can never contact my domain controller, which
> is
> > on
> > > the same machine as the cygwin.
> > > 
> > 
> > Is bgchemical.com really your windows domain name?
> 
> > Test with netdiag /test:member
> > Maybe your computer isn't part of a domain and
> your
> > have a standalone server, in that case you only
> have
> > local accounts and should not use -d.
> > 
> > 
> > > From: "Gary R. Van Sickle"
> > <g DOT r DOT vansickle AT worldnet DOT att DOT net>
> > To: "'cygwin'" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
> > Subject: RE: Can not Contact Domain Controller
> > Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 20:28:38 -0600
> > 
> > > From: Mike Blanco
> > > Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 4:08 PM
> > > To: cygwin
> > > Subject: Can not Contact Domain Controller
> > > 
> > > Everytime I open the Cygwin Console I get the
> > following notifications:
> > > 
> > > Your group is currently "mkpasswd".  This
> > indicates that the 
> > > /etc/passwd (and possibly /etc/group) files
> should
> > be rebuilt.
> > > See the man pages for mkpasswd and mkgroup then,
> > for example, 
> > > run mkpasswd -l [-d] > /etc/passwd mkgroup  -l
> > [-d] > 
> > > /etc/group Note that the -d switch is necessary
> > for domain users.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > So I have tried to do this:
> > > 
> > > mkgroup -l -d > /etc/group
> > > mkpasswd -l > /etc/passwd
> > > administrator AT bgserver1 ~
> > > $ mkpasswd -u "mblanco" -d "bgchemical.com" >
> > /etc/passwd 
> > > mkpasswd (731): [2453] Could not find domain
> > controller for 
> > > this domain.
> > > 
> > > I can never contact my domain controller, which
> is
> > on the 
> > > same machine as the cygwin.
> > > 
> > > Any help is appreiciated.
> > > 
> > > MB
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > > 
> > > Mike Blanco
> > 
> > When you (or other systems on the same network)
> > login, does it take
> > literally about 5 minutes for your desktop to
> appear
> > (in the meantime all
> > you get is a box saying something like "getting
> your
> > personal settings" or
> > some such lie)?  If so, I know exactly what that
> is:
> >  You domain controller
> > doesn't show up on your DNS server.  Now, that
> > doesn't mean that you can
> > boot up, log on (even to a domain account), and
> > (mostly, most of the time)
> > do whatever you need to do, but it does mean that
> > you'll get errors like
> > this, have all sorts of other bizarre trouble,
> > network stuff is way too
> > slow, etc etc.  Wanna know the truly pathetic
> part? 
> > MS knows all about this
> > (it's existed since at least Why2K, and they have
> a
> > useless KB article about
> > it), but for God knows what reason, REFUSES TO FIX
> > IT.
> > 
> > To fix it, you basically have to set up MS's DNS
> > server (it can be caching
> > or whatever) and MANUALLY add the domain
> controller
> > lookup entry.  I don't
> > recall the step-by-steps on how to do that, nor do
> I
> > wish to.  It's a total
> > disaster even when you know the cause.  I pity any
> > of you IT types out
> > there.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Gary R. Van Sickle
> 
> My domain is actually bgchemical.com on the DC.  I
> ran
> the dcdiag /test:member and got the following
> (ignore
> the warning for the network card b/c it is
> litterally
> not in use)
> 
> ......
> 
>     Computer Name: BGSERVER1
>     DNS Host Name: bgserver1.bgchemical.com
>     System info : Windows 2000 Server (Build 3790)
>     Processor : x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 9,
> GenuineIntel
>     List of installed hotfixes : 
>         KB890046
>         KB893756
>         KB896358
>         KB896422
>         KB896424
>         KB896428
>         KB896688
>         KB899587
>         KB899588
>         KB899589
>         KB899591
>         KB900725
>         KB901017
>         KB901214
>         KB902400
>         KB904706
>         KB905414
>         KB905915
>         KB910437
>         Q147222
> 
> 
> Netcard queries test . . . . . . . : Passed
>     [WARNING] The net card '1394 Net Adapter' may
> not
> be working because it has not received any packets.
> 
> 
> 
> Per interface results:
> 
>     Adapter : Wireless Network Connection
> 
>         Netcard queries test . . . : Passed
> 
> 
> Global results:
> 
> 
> Domain membership test . . . . . . : Passed
> 
> 
> NetBT transports test. . . . . . . : Passed
>     List of NetBt transports currently configured:
>        
> NetBT_Tcpip_{FC90228A-F354-433E-AD30-3BAF09258030}
>     1 NetBt transport currently configured.
> 
> 
> The command completed successfully
> 
> When I login to the domain it does not take me
> forever, but I am getting errors saying that I am
> not
> able to connect to the domain controller and GPO's
> are
> being aborted, blah blah blah.
> 
> The DC has DNS server installed and configured,
> clients are pointed to the DNS server and I am still
> getting these issues.  I just do not know at this
> point what else to do.  I think I know now that it
> is
> not a Cygwin issue but rather a MS issue that needs
> to
> be resolved first.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Mike Blanco
> 


Regards,

Mike Blanco

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