Cannot join domain

[Guest]

Hi,

I am attempting to add an XP Pro workstation to a Windows 2K3 domain. After
I enter the domain administrator username and password, I get an error
message returned stating:

The following error occurred attemptnig to join the domain "domainname":
The directory service was unable to allocate a relative identifier.

Other workstations are added to the domain with no problem.

Thanks for any suggestions you may have.
Dwaine

 

[Robert L [MS-MVP]]

I would check the DNS settings first. Or these search results may help,

Domain FAQs Symptoms: When attempting to join a domain, you may receive one of the following ... 4) If you try to join the domain by using the NetBIOS domain name, ...
www.chicagotech.net/domainfaqs.htm


can't join domain Recently, they just add one Windows 2003 but can’t join the domain with this message: “A domain controller for the domain could not be contactedâ€. ...
www.chicagotech.net/casestudy/cannotjoindomain1.htm



Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
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Hi,

I am attempting to add an XP Pro workstation to a Windows 2K3 domain. After
I enter the domain administrator username and password, I get an error
message returned stating:

The following error occurred attemptnig to join the domain "domainname":
The directory service was unable to allocate a relative identifier.

Other workstations are added to the domain with no problem.

Thanks for any suggestions you may have.
Dwaine

 

[Guest]

Hi,

Thanks for the suggestions. Checked DNS and appears to be okay. Checked
links and somehow found a reference to run DCDIAG. The results from DCDIAG
are all tests passing except for:

......................... HQMAIN passed test Advertising
Starting test: KnowsOfRoleHolders
Warning: CN=NTDS
Settings\0ADEL:e38528f3-8598-44aa-b6d8-3ab5ac1375a9,C
=HQMAIN,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=FN,DC
=local is the Rid Owner, but is deleted.
......................... HQMAIN failed test KnowsOfRoleHolders
Starting test: RidManager
Warning: FSMO Role Owner is deleted.
Warning: attribute rIdSetReferences missing from
CN=HQMAIN,OU=Domain Co
ntrollers,DC=FN,DC=local
Could not get Rid set Reference :failed with 8481: The search
failed to
retrieve attributes from the database.
......................... HQMAIN failed test RidManager

Any idea on how to repair this problem. The /fix switch would not repair.

Thanks,

Dwaine

 

[AJR]

can't join domain Recently, they just add one Windows >2003 but can't join
the domain with this message: "A >domain controller for the domain could not
be >contacted". ...

Warning: FSMO Role Owner is deleted.
Warning: attribute rIdSetReferences missing from
CN=HQMAIN,OU=Domain Co

Settings\0ADEL:e38528f3-8598-44aa-b6d8->3ab5ac1375a9,CN
=HQMAIN,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site->Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=FN,DC
=local is the Rid Owner, but is deleted.

Several thoughts -"Default-First-Site-Name" is the default name given to the
2003 server - if it is the only server - no problem - if not appropriate
name should be considered.. RID master assigns security identifiers to
objects - must be at least one in a domain.
"FSMO Role Owner (Flexible operations master role) is deleted." do not
remember exact phrasing - refers it roles assigned to the server (including
controller). Use command line "ntdsutil" to role assignment.

Could be the 2003 server was not installed/configured correctly.