Member server Nt4.0

1. You must first Join a domain before you can log into a domain. The Member server has a security account just like a user has a logon. The Domain must validate and give a token to your new member server before it can take part in the domain. The domain is joined in the networking section in control panel. You also must either have previously created a member server account in Server Manager for Domains or have administrative priv. and provide that account when joining the domain for the firsttime.

2. If you have succesfuly joined a new domain, when you go to login for the first time, under the userid password section, you will have to click on the drop down list and select the domain name. It then takes a few seconds and finlay populates the list with the new domain name. You will then be able to logon to the new domain.

Pete

Under control panel - netwroking change it from workgroup to domain

double click the network icon in the control panel. On the "identification" tab click "change". Where it says "member of" click the "domain" option then type in the name of the domain you want to join. If the member server dosen't already have a domain account on the PDC (it needs one) you can create one by typing the user name and password of someone with DOMAIN admins. authority

Log in as the local admin, right click on Network Neighbourhood and select properties, click on the 'change' button as if you are going to change its name. Put the cursor into the domain field and enter the domain name you want to join, check the box below it and enter the name and password of an administrator on the domain you want to join.

reboot and tada, you can select the domain.

Are you logged onto the local member server with a adminstrator account??

1. Can you ping this memeber server from a PDC or BDC on your network?
2. Is a BDC or PDC available on your local area network.

The message your getting is related to either name resolution or connectivity to your PDC & BDC.

If its name resolution, did you configure your memeber server to use the wins servers on your network? If you dont have a WINS server on your network, did you add an entry in your LMHOSTS file to indicate the address of your PDC?

If its a networking problem, does your NIC card have a link light? Do you get messages about a duplicate IP address, do you get duplicate name errors? Can you ping your new memeber server from another workstation, server, PDC BDC?

Pete

Hi, could be I'm missing something here, but...joining a domain is a two step process. First, from the PDC add your computer name to the domain under admintools | server manager. Then go into the identification tab on the member server to join it tothe domain (and yes, as others have mentioned, you should have admin rights). Hope this helps you.

I'm with NTOz on this one. Sounds like a connectivity problem. Make sure your network card is actually working... ping another machine on the network... if you are using DHCP, you should go to a prompt and type ipconfig /all to make sure you are getting IP info from your DHCP server... if your not using DHCP, make sure you have entered EVERYTHING correctly in the IP Configuration. Check subnetmask, ip address and gateway. Check WINS and DNS configuration, make sure you don't have any typos...

Good Luck!

This still sounds like an addressing problem. Have you checked everything for typos, are the host name and domain name correct. IS your IP within scope. Have you checked the advanced tab under dns to make sure everything is filled in.
Good luck.

Are you sure you have set this up as a member server? It sounds as though you may have set it up as a stand alone server.

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