Accessing Domain Resources (AD) from a Member Server

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Keith Norris

I have two computers. One computer is a domain controller (Server A) and
the other computer is a member server (Server B). The operating system is
Windows Server 2000 and the domain is called Domain. I installed the
Adminpak on Server B but I cannot use Active Directory User and Computers to
manage domain accounts. When I click Active Directory Users and Computers
from Administrative Tools, I get a dialog box saying "Naming information
cannot be located because: The server is not operational. Contact your
system administrator to verify that your domain is properly configured and
is currently online." Does this mean that I have to do something with DNS
on Server B? I don't know anything about DNS at this point. When I go to
Configure Your Server from Administrative Tools and then Networking, DNS,
Manage, I'll see a DNS management console with DNS in a hierarchy display.
Under DNS, I see Server B. I do not also see Server A. Should I? If I
click Server B, I see a Forward Lookup Zone folder and a Reverse Lookup Zone
folder. There is nothing in the Forward or Reverse Lookup Zone folders.
Should there be something in either one of these folders or both? How
should I rectify the problem so I can interact with the domain from Server
B? Also, when I try to use Active Directory Domains and Trusts on Server B,
I get a dialog box saying "The configuration information describing the
enterprise is not available. The server is not
operational." How do I make it operational? I must be able to do something
to configure it properly but I don't know what that is. On Server A, the
domain controller, I do see that there is information in the Forward Lookup
Zone folder so I guess it is configured properly on Server A. Maybe Server
B was not correctly connected to the domain? What do I do to make sure
Server B is correctly connected to the domain and configured properly?

Thank you very much!
Keith
 
Hi,

Enter the IP address of server A into server B's TCP/IP configuration as the
primary DNS server.

Leif
 
Thanks for responding but how do I do this. Where do I go to do this? Do I
use an Active Directory or DNS Wizard? I'm really new to the network
infrastructure side of things. Please list steps.

Thanks again and please help more!
Keith
 
I figured out how to do this. Thanks

Keith

Keith Norris said:
Thanks for responding but how do I do this. Where do I go to do this? Do I
use an Active Directory or DNS Wizard? I'm really new to the network
infrastructure side of things. Please list steps.

Thanks again and please help more!
Keith
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