Here is the debug output from the dcpromo UI
dcpromoui t:0x480 00296 Enter getForestName domainname
dcpromoui t:0x480 00297 Enter myDsGetDcName
dcpromoui t:0x480 00298 Calling DsGetDcName
dcpromoui t:0x480 00299 ComputerName : (null)
dcpromoui t:0x480 00300 DomainName : domainname
dcpromoui t:0x480 00301 DomainGuid : (null)
dcpromoui t:0x480 00302 SiteGuid : (null)
dcpromoui t:0x480 00303 Flags : 0x40000000
dcpromoui t:0x480 00304 Error 0x54B (!0 => error)
dcpromoui t:0x480 00305 Trying again w/ rediscovery
dcpromoui t:0x480 00306 Error 0x54B (!0 => error)
dcpromoui t:0x480 00307 Exit myDsGetDcName
dcpromoui t:0x480 00308 Exit getForestName domainname
dcpromoui t:0x480 00309 Enter Popup::Gripe
dcpromoui t:0x480 00310 MessageBox: Active Directory
Installation Wizard :
The domain "domainname" is not an
Active Directory domain,
or an Active Directory domain controller for the domain
could not be contacted.
So I guess that the dcdiag program doesn't use the DsGetDcName API call ??
----- Original Message -----
From: "No Idea" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] dcpromo via WAN
> Thanks for the tip. dcdiag didn't work at first, so I changed the DNS
server
> of the dial up connection to be the public ip address of the master AD DC,
> then dcdiag worked, said I could use dcpromo with no problem. It was a
ruse
> though, when I went to run dcpromo and despite seeing traffic across the
> internet between the two servers I received the message "can not
communicate
> with DC"
> I used the syntax from the MS support of dcdiag to "add an additional DC
to
> existing domain"
> dcdiag /test:dcpromo /dnsdomain:domainname /replicadc
>
> Any ideas of what to try next. Has anyone successfully promoted to DC over
> dial up connection ? I really have to figure out how to do this in the
> field, I don't have the luxury of building all the member DCs in the data
> center on the same LAN as the master AD DC.
>
> Thanks
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Neil Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 2:31 AM
> Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] dcpromo via WAN
>
>
> > All sounds like name resolution to me... Get hold of the latest version
of
> > dcdiag from the MS Support site (Dated 6/9/2000). The updated version
has
> a
> > DCPROMO option which will test for connectiveity - dns records -> ldap,
> > kerberos, and other records etc. This should help you find the root
cause
> of
> > why you can't promote.
> >
> > On your workgroup server the dcdiag command looks something like this
> >
> > dcdiag /dnsdomain:my.company.com /dcpromo /replicadc
> >
> > Good luck
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "No Idea" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 2:53 AM
> > Subject: [ActiveDir] dcpromo via WAN
> >
> >
> > I am trying to run dcpromo to make a workgroup server become a member DC
> of
> > a master domain. I have to dial the server up to the internet and put
the
> > master on the internet (no lectures about this please, I'm only doing it
> for
> > dcpromo). I have tried defining the master domain in the lmhosts file
> (#PRE
> > #DOM) and I made sure I am running netbios encapsulated in tcp/ip.
> Obviously
> > I can't talk the the domain I am joining or I wouldn't be writing. Am I
> > trying something that can't be done or missing something.
> > Thanks
> >
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