[TriLUG] Linux DNS Server issues with DOS client

[kevin at flanagannc.net]

LOL, I did a DOS workstation thing too, not that long ago so I feel your
pain.


I just put a hosts file on the DOS system, it's not what one would call
pretty, but that horse is long out of the barn with the use of DOS.  You
could also use the IP address in the net command, IE: net use o:
\\192.168.1.21\share




Good luck,



   Kevin

> I have a DNS server along with 2 Windows servers that are on a private
> network. I'll give the server setup below for reference.
>
>  I've setup the DNS and DHCP on RHEL3. The problem I'm having is with a
> boot disk. It is a DOS based (no remarks please) diskette that runs an
> automated process for us. In the autoexec.bat it makes a drive mapping
> with net use:  net use O: \\server2\share in a loop:
>
> ...
> :net
> net use O: \\server2\share
> if errorlevel 1 goto net
> ...
>
> The problem: When it tries to map this drive, it fails 8 times before it
> finally is able to map the drive.  This happens from ANY network drop I
> have on this private network. And it is exactly 8 failures EVERY time. I
> cannot manually map from the DOS diskette. I've tried to manually do
> this 10 times in a row, so I have to put it in a bat file to make it loop.
>
> I've run named-checkconf and named-checkzone on my zones. All but 1 seem
> to pass. I'm not sure how to run named-checkzone on named.ca - could
> someone advise on this?
>
> Here's what I have so far:
> Server1: RHEL3 running DHCPD and NAMED. On this server I can dig and
> nslookup server2 and server3 via full qualified name or just servername.
>
> Server2: Windows 2000 Standard. 3 shares. If I put net use in a loop I
> can get to them via the DOS diskette.
>
> Server3: Windows 2003 Enterprise. 2 shares. If I put net use in a loop I
> can get to them via the DOS diskette.
>
> Any suggestions on troubleshooting this?
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