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? Thanks a lot, -- Andr? Fadel afadel@gmx.net
What happens if you take the other xp computer off line? Joel On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 03:24:30PM +0300, Andr? 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? >
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, Andr? 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, Andr? 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 > > > >
> Now, there is NO other computer with that nameDon't forget that Windows name space is essentially flat. A user with the same name as a computer counts as another computer with the same name. _____________________________________________________________ Get 25MB, POP3, Spam Filtering with LYCOS MAIL PLUS for $19.95/year. http://login.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus&ref=lmtplus
Try in a dos-box on the troubled XP-machine (start menu -> run -> command com) to type NET USE. Any shares with your server that are listed should be removed, using NET USE \\computername\sharename /delete. This worked for me after trying without results to join a computer to a domain. -------Original Message------- From: André Fadel Date: 02 decembrie 2002 08:57:37 To: samba@lists.samba.org Subject: [Samba] WinXP duplicate computer name problem 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? Thanks a lot, -- André Fadel afadel@gmx.net -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba