[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

RE: Windows Domains? (was: getting a 3C905B network card



<snip>
> Does anyone know how to get Linux to work cooperatively alongside
> this
> MS "domain" business?  In other words, I could boot right back into
> Linux and execute "/etc/init.d/networking restart" again, and be
> using
> the web from Linux, but then when I go back to Windows I'm going to
> have a problem.  And I can't keep calling tech support for this. 
> Surely there is another on this list who knows how to handle these
> "domains".
> 
> I am grateful for any advice.
> 
> 
> Erik
> 
> PS: In case it's not obvious, I'm not a Windows guru.

The windows domain should have nothing to do with any of your problems.
After reading all of this I am still not quite sure what problem you are
having?  Are you saying that you copied your DHCP allocated IP address
information from your Win2K and made it a static IP under Linux?

You should be able to get a DHCP address from Linux utilizing the
organizations DHCP server.  If your company is running a WINS server, you
may be having some issues since I assume that your Linux computer name is
different than your Windows computer name.

Just as an FYI, yes the Windows Domain controls authentication and
authorization for network resources in a Microsoft network.  In a Windows
domain you must have at least one Primary Domain Controller (PDC) which is
the server that all of the computers on the network authenticate against.
Obviously I am oversimplifying quite a bit.


Barry deFreese
NTS Technology Services Manager
Nike Team Sports
(949)-616-4005
Barry.deFreese@nike.com

"Technology doesn't make you less stupid; it just makes you stupid faster."
Jerry Gregoire - Former CIO at Dell



-----Original Message-----
From: Erik Price [mailto:profkyne@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 6:01 AM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Windows Domains? (was: getting a 3C905B network card


Sorry, this is from a failed delivery so I am re-forwarding -- please
consider one quote level as my original message:


> --- Robert Ian Smit <robian@wanadoo.nl> wrote:
> > * Erik Price <profkyne@yahoo.com> [04-10-2002 22:34]:
> > > argument), so what steps should I take to get DHCP to assign me
> an
> > IP
> > > address?
> > > 
> > > ifconfig eth0 address XXX.XX.X.XXX
> > 
> > As you say DHCP assigns an address, with ifconfig you can manually
> > add an address (and change other options)
> 
> [...]
> 
> > You need to make sure that you have an IP-address, use ifconfig
> with
> > no parameters to display.
> > 
> > You need a default gateway. Check with route
> > 
> > You need DNS. Check /etc/resolv.conf
> 
> 
> Okay, now I'm having a different problem entirely.  I did everything
> you described, grabbing the network information from "ipconfig" in MS
> DOS and then entering it into the /etc/network/interfaces file with
> vi,
> and executing the "/etc/init.d/networking restart" script.  It worked
> great.  After creating a /etc/resolv.conf (Debian doesn't come with a
> blank one by default), I was able to fetch web pages and even use
> Lynx.
>  I was so happy.
> 
> So the next step was to paste the STDERR output from my failed
> "startx"
> commands.  Unfortunately, I couldn't access my company email account
> from Linux, and using Lynx to access this freebie Yahoo account
> didn't
> work because Lynx doesn't yet support https.  So I couldn't post the
> STDERR file!  But this is the least of my problems.
> 
> Because upon restarting the machine and booting back into Win2k, I
> discovered that I couldn't even log into the machine!  It turns out
> that at my company, the login is controlled by something called a
> "domain", which is some kind of network-based authentication system. 
> I
> don't really understand it myself.  I ended up having to call tech
> support and they managed to help me get it all online, apparently by
> forcing the machine to accept DHCP again.
> 
> 
> __________________________________________________
> Do you Yahoo!?
> Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More
> http://faith.yahoo.com


=====
----
Microsoft:  "Yes, we'll settle for a larger market share as punishment."

__________________________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More
http://faith.yahoo.com


-- 
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org 
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact
listmaster@lists.debian.org




Reply to: