Sonic wrote on 4/15/15 12:34 PM:> On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 3:23 PM, James Fromm <fromm at omnis.com> wrote: >> workgroup = CUST.OMNIS.COM > > My understanding is that workgroup names are NetBIOS names and are > therefore not hierarchical like domain names (no dots, 15 characters, > etc.). > > Chris >We encountered this too, when trying to join Win 8 and Win 2012 systems to a S3 domain with a dot in its name. As far as I know it's not possible.
Odd, we've used a FQDN for our netbios domain for 15 years. I'll give it shot. On 04/15/2015 12:40 PM, Robert Moulton wrote:> Sonic wrote on 4/15/15 12:34 PM: >> On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 3:23 PM, James Fromm <fromm at omnis.com> wrote: >>> workgroup = CUST.OMNIS.COM >> >> My understanding is that workgroup names are NetBIOS names and are >> therefore not hierarchical like domain names (no dots, 15 characters, >> etc.). >> >> Chris >> > > We encountered this too, when trying to join Win 8 and Win 2012 systems > to a S3 domain with a dot in its name. As far as I know it's not possible.
James Fromm wrote on 4/15/15 12:45 PM:> Odd, we've used a FQDN for our netbios domain for 15 years. I'll give > it shot. > > On 04/15/2015 12:40 PM, Robert Moulton wrote: >> Sonic wrote on 4/15/15 12:34 PM: >>> On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 3:23 PM, James Fromm <fromm at omnis.com> wrote: >>>> workgroup = CUST.OMNIS.COM >>> >>> My understanding is that workgroup names are NetBIOS names and are >>> therefore not hierarchical like domain names (no dots, 15 characters, >>> etc.). >>> >>> Chris >>> >> >> We encountered this too, when trying to join Win 8 and Win 2012 systems >> to a S3 domain with a dot in its name. As far as I know it's not >> possible.It could be made to work up to Win 7. I don't think we ever tried this static IP / no DNS trick; might be worth a shot: http://tam.belchenstuermer.de/join-a-samba-domain-with-dot-in-its-name-using-windows-8-1/