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/
That worked. Server joined just fine. Thanks Robert! Thanks, James On 04/15/2015 12:48 PM, Robert Moulton wrote:> 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/ >
Mgr. Peter Tuharsky
2015-Apr-17 07:29 UTC
[Samba] Join 2012 Server R2 as member to NT domain
Wow, this is great. However, we need to use DNS. If we enable it AFTER the computer has joined the domain, would it keep working, or DNS is no avail in W8.1? D?a 15.04.2015 o 22:03 James Fromm nap?sal(a):> That worked. Server joined just fine. Thanks Robert! > > Thanks, > James > > On 04/15/2015 12:48 PM, Robert Moulton wrote: >> 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/ >> >>