Join Domain from Win98 to W2K server

[Delphi]

I have set user account "Peter" in AD.
In the profile tab page of the "Peter" Properties,
I choose Home folder, Connct to Z: to \\dfs\public\%username%

When I use W2k professional with Peter account, the Z: drive can map
successfully. But it cannot map automatically when using win98 to
logon.

I have installed DSclient for win98.
No error message displayed when I join the domain.

Then, I goto the command prompt and type "net use z:
\\dfs\public\peter".
It can map Z: drive successfully.

What wrongs with my setting??

 

[Ace Fekay [MVP]]

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I have set user account "Peter" in AD.
In the profile tab page of the "Peter" Properties,
I choose Home folder, Connct to Z: to \\dfs\public\%username%

When I use W2k professional with Peter account, the Z: drive can map
successfully. But it cannot map automatically when using win98 to
logon.

I have installed DSclient for win98.
No error message displayed when I join the domain.

Then, I goto the command prompt and type "net use z:
\\dfs\public\peter".
It can map Z: drive successfully.

What wrongs with my setting??

Make sure the client is only using the internal DNS and not an external one.
The DSClient needs to contact your internal DNS for the location, since it's
AD based.

With DFS, you need to connect by the fqdn and not the NetBIOS name.

One question, is your domain name a single label name?


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[Delphi]

Make sure the client is only using the internal DNS and not an external one.

The DSClient needs to contact your internal DNS for the location, since it's
AD based.

With DFS, you need to connect by the fqdn and not the NetBIOS name.

One question, is your domain name a single label name?

Ace,

My DNS like that : AAA.BBB.CCC
In windows98, I set "Client for microsoft network" and enter "AAA" as domain.

 

[Ace Fekay [MVP]]

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Ace,

My DNS like that : AAA.BBB.CCC
In windows98, I set "Client for microsoft network" and enter "AAA" as
domain.

Sorry Delphi, I don't understand your response. I assume that:
AAA.BBB.CCC
means
computername.domainame.com

So are you saying you used AAA as the domain name, which in my translation,
the computer name is being used as the domain?

Can you provide the actual settings?

In TCP/IP properties, did you set the domain name, as domain.com, under the
DNS tab in Win98? It will use that to suffix a single name lookup.

Also in your previous example:
\\dfs\public\peter"
This tells me that dfs is the computer name... Is that true?
It should be in the form of \\domainname.com\public\peter for DFS to work
correctly, unless of course your domain name is a single label name?
Actually, hopefully it's not...


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[Delphi]

Sorry Delphi, I don't understand your response. I assume that:

AAA.BBB.CCC
means
computername.domainame.com

My DNS name is like that department.companyname.location

So are you saying you used AAA as the domain name, which in my translation,
the computer name is being used as the domain?

Can you provide the actual settings?

For Win2000 and WinXP, I join the domain with name
-"department.companyname.location"

For Win98, the domain name is "department".

In TCP/IP properties, did you set the domain name, as domain.com, under the
DNS tab in Win98? It will use that to suffix a single name lookup.

I did not set this. Our computer is obtain IP from DHCP, which will
tell the DNS for all Client machine. I don't want to type the DNS
name to the TCP/IP properties for all Client Computer. (Do you think
this is the problem ??)

Also in your previous example:
\\dfs\public\peter"
This tells me that dfs is the computer name... Is that true?
It should be in the form of \\domainname.com\public\peter for DFS to work
correctly, unless of course your domain name is a single label name?
Actually, hopefully it's not...

the dfs in my case is :-
\\department.companyname.location\\public\peter.

My office now using kix32 for logon process, such as map network
drive. It works fine. However, I really want to know why I cannot
make it work on using the home folder option in user properities for
all Win98 clients.

 

[Ace Fekay [MVP]]

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My DNS name is like that department.companyname.location

Ok, as long as your AD name is correct....

For Win2000 and WinXP, I join the domain with name
-"department.companyname.location"

For Win98, the domain name is "department".

Sounds fair. For loggin into the domain, that was the only way Win9x/NT
could do it.

I did not set this. Our computer is obtain IP from DHCP, which will
tell the DNS for all Client machine. I don't want to type the DNS
name to the TCP/IP properties for all Client Computer. (Do you think
this is the problem ??)

As for resolving thru DNS, yes, this will help the client to use this as a
suffix in devolution when resolving. You'll have to test it with a computer
and see what you get...been awhile since I've used Win9x.

the dfs in my case is :-
\\department.companyname.location\\public\peter.

My office now using kix32 for logon process, such as map network
drive. It works fine. However, I really want to know why I cannot
make it work on using the home folder option in user properities for
all Win98 clients.

Actually, if I remember the syntax for Win9x computers, (been years...), in
a script, it would be net use z: /home and it will set it to whatever UNC
is in the user properties. But I can't remember the exact syntax.

See if this helps (there are mutliple links in this article):
How to enable Windows 9x client to use home directory in Windows 2000/2003
domain environment
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;555051




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Ace

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Microsoft Windows MVP - Active Directory

 

[Delphi]

Actually, if I remember the syntax for Win9x computers, (been years...), in

a script, it would be net use z: /home and it will set it to whatever UNC
is in the user properties. But I can't remember the exact syntax.

See if this helps (there are mutliple links in this article):
How to enable Windows 9x client to use home directory in Windows 2000/2003
domain environment
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;555051

After see the article you provided, the "connect home folder" part is
not work for 98, me etc client..

I think kix is a good choose then.

Any way, many thanks for Ace to help me in this issue.

 

[Ace Fekay [MVP]]

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After see the article you provided, the "connect home folder" part is
not work for 98, me etc client..

I think kix is a good choose then.

Any way, many thanks for Ace to help me in this issue.

Yes, Kixstart is a great tool. Best there was for Win9x machines.

No problem for the help Delphi!



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Ace

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