Matt Anderson <sokkerstud_11 <at> hotmail.com> writes: > However, users located in the branch offices (where the BDCs are located), > they > have no trouble authenticating (via logging into windows and accessing shares) > BUT are unable to change their password through the Windows interface, getting > the error that "The system cannot change your password now because the domain > <name> is not available". All clients are Windows XP with SP2 installed.
Okay, so I figured out why it wasn't working. I needed to add the IP address of the PDC to the WINS tab in the user's TCP/IP connection settings for it to be able to resolve the Primary domain controller to change the password (at least, that's what I'm assuming the problem was). Once I added the PDC's IP address to the WINS tab I could change passwords no problem. However, we currently assign all IP addresses manually (no DHCP server). Is there any way (I'm guessing not) I can accomplish this without having to physically change the network connection settings on hundreds of client PCs manually? On a side note, I tried adding the BDC's IP address to the WINS tab first and was unsuccessful... which I think is expected. Again, any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! -Matt -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba