Can not Contact Domain Controller

[Holger Krull]

Mike Blanco schrieb:
> Everytime I open the Cygwin Console I get the
> following notifications:
> 
> Your group is currently "mkpasswd".  This indicates
> that
> the /etc/passwd (and possibly /etc/group) files should
> be rebuilt.
> See the man pages for mkpasswd and mkgroup then, for
> example, run
> mkpasswd -l [-d] > /etc/passwd
> mkgroup  -l [-d] > /etc/group
> Note that the -d switch is necessary for domain users.
> 

> 

> $ mkpasswd -u "mblanco" -d "bgchemical.com" >
> /etc/passwd
> mkpasswd (731): [2453] Could not find domain
> controller for this domain.
> 
> I can never contact my domain controller, which is on
> the same machine as the cygwin.
> 

Is bgchemical.com really your windows domain name? 
Test with netdiag /test:member
Maybe your computer isn't part of a domain and your have a standalone server, in that case you only have local accounts and should not use -d.



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