I assume you mean that the problem pc could join the domain if the other xp machine was off line.
The short answer to your question is, I don't know. I don't use domains on my simple home network setup. I just use workgroups. So, I have no idea what "name" is being duplicated. Joel On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 03:51:16PM +0300, André Fadel wrote: > it worked... what will happen now when i get them both offline? why was > that happening? > > On Sun, 2002-12-01 at 20:41, Joel Hammer wrote: > > What happens if you take the other xp computer off line? > > Joel > > > > On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 03:24:30PM +0300, André Fadel wrote: > > > I've setup Samba as a PDC and it's working fine. I have one windows xp > > > machine already joined in the domain and working ok. > > > But when i tried to add another WinXP machine to the domain, i got the > > > error: "Could not join domain because the computer name is duplicated on > > > the network". I don't think those were he exact words, but that's what > > > it meant. Now, there is NO other computer with that name. In fact, there > > > is only one computer already in the domain, and they do not have the > > > same name. What could cause that? I followed the same procedures for > > > both of them, either in samba (linux) as in WinXP (workstations). I'm > > > out of ideas here, can anyone help me out? > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > > > > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
