A domain controller for the domain abc.local could not be contacted "Chris Hayes" <cp.hayes[ at ]newsgroup.nospam> 6/30/2007 2:28:26 PM Greetings, I am trying to join a computer to my new domain on a Windows Small Business Server 2003 and keep getting the following error: A domain controller for the domain abc.local could not be contacted. After reviewing the error details I feel I'm close to solving the problem (I'm pretty sure it's the Host (A) record not being set right), I just don't know where to look to actually fix the problem. Does anyone have any suggestions on where to look? Thanks, Chris Error details: Note: This information is intended for a network administrator. If you are not your network's administrator, notify the administrator that you received this information, which has been recorded in the file C:\WINDOWS\debug\dcdiag.txt. DNS was successfully queried for the service location (SRV) resource record used to locate a domain controller for domain grendelcompanies.local: The query was for the SRV record for _ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.abc.local The following domain controllers were identified by the query: grendel.grendelcompanies.local Common causes of this error include: - Host (A) records that map the name of the domain controller to its IP addresses are missing or contain incorrect addresses. - Domain controllers registered in DNS are not connected to the network or are not running. For information about correcting this problem, click Help.

Re: A domain controller for the domain abc.local could not be contacted "Chris Hayes" <cp.hayes[ at ]newsgroup.nospam> 6/30/2007 2:50:45 PM I found out where to add the Host (A) record and that didn't fix it... any other ideas? Chris "Chris Hayes" <cp.hayes[ at ]newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message news:OUVsaMyuHHA.3356[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > Greetings, > > I am trying to join a computer to my new domain on a Windows Small > Business Server 2003 and keep getting the following error: A domain > controller for the domain abc.local could not be contacted. > > After reviewing the error details I feel I'm close to solving the problem > (I'm pretty sure it's the Host (A) record not being set right), I just > don't know where to look to actually fix the problem. > > Does anyone have any suggestions on where to look? > > Thanks, > > Chris > > > Error details: > Note: This information is intended for a network administrator. If you > are not your network's administrator, notify the administrator that you > received this information, which has been recorded in the file > C:\WINDOWS\debug\dcdiag.txt. > > DNS was successfully queried for the service location (SRV) resource > record used to locate a domain controller for domain > grendelcompanies.local: > > The query was for the SRV record for _ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.abc.local > > The following domain controllers were identified by the query: > > grendel.grendelcompanies.local > > Common causes of this error include: > > - Host (A) records that map the name of the domain controller to its IP > addresses are missing or contain incorrect addresses. > > - Domain controllers registered in DNS are not connected to the network or > are not running. > > For information about correcting this problem, click Help.

Re: A domain controller for the domain abc.local could not be contacted "Chris Hayes" <cp.hayes[ at ]newsgroup.nospam> 6/30/2007 2:56:34 PM Problem found, it was on the client that was trying to attach the Grisoft firewall was active and preventing the necessary communication. Sorry for the false alarm... (stupid firewalls). Chris "Chris Hayes" <cp.hayes[ at ]newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message news:%23Rmt4YyuHHA.4612[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] >I found out where to add the Host (A) record and that didn't fix it... any >other ideas? > > Chris > > > "Chris Hayes" <cp.hayes[ at ]newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message > news:OUVsaMyuHHA.3356[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >> Greetings, >> >> I am trying to join a computer to my new domain on a Windows Small >> Business Server 2003 and keep getting the following error: A domain >> controller for the domain abc.local could not be contacted. >> >> After reviewing the error details I feel I'm close to solving the problem >> (I'm pretty sure it's the Host (A) record not being set right), I just >> don't know where to look to actually fix the problem. >> >> Does anyone have any suggestions on where to look? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Chris >> >> >> Error details: >> Note: This information is intended for a network administrator. If you >> are not your network's administrator, notify the administrator that you >> received this information, which has been recorded in the file >> C:\WINDOWS\debug\dcdiag.txt. >> >> DNS was successfully queried for the service location (SRV) resource >> record used to locate a domain controller for domain >> grendelcompanies.local: >> >> The query was for the SRV record for _ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.abc.local >> >> The following domain controllers were identified by the query: >> >> grendel.grendelcompanies.local >> >> Common causes of this error include: >> >> - Host (A) records that map the name of the domain controller to its IP >> addresses are missing or contain incorrect addresses. >> >> - Domain controllers registered in DNS are not connected to the network >> or are not running. >> >> For information about correcting this problem, click Help. >