I need some help guys,

I have been able to follow the HOW-TO guide to setup the PDC and BDC. The LDAP on the BDC is synched with the master and I can see all the user accounts and machine accounts. However, while proceeding with the rest of the instructions in the manual, I ran into an error which says: "Unable to find a suitable server for domain CENTRALTRUCK"

Note that the Windows Networking is STOPPED on the second server (BDC).

Here's a printout of the error:

[root@server3 ~]# ldapsetup -f

What is the role of this server (standalone, master, replicate)?: replicate

What is your domain (e.g. example.com)?: centraltruck.lan

What is the hostname of the master LDAP server?: 172.23.6.127

Specify the master LDAP password?: The following settings will be used to set up LDAP



Role:     replicate

Master:   172.23.6.127

Domain:   centraltruck.lan

Password: ****************



Shutting down SMB services: [  OK  ]

Stopping slapd: [  OK  ]

Starting slapd: [  OK  ]

Stopping ldapsync: [  OK  ]

Starting ldapsync: [  OK  ]

[root@server3 ~]# touch /etc/system/initialized/sambalocal

[root@server3 ~]# service winbind start

Starting Winbind services:                                 [  OK  ]

[root@server3 ~]# smbpasswd -w securepassword

Setting stored password for "cn=manager,cn=internal,dc=centraltruck,dc=lan" in secrets.tdb

[root@server3 ~]# net rpc getsid CENTRALTRUCK

Unable to find a suitable server for domain CENTRALTRUCK

[root@server3 ~]# net rpc getsid MYDOMAIN

Unable to find a suitable server for domain CENTRALTRUCK

Additionally, something strange is happening. The net rpc getsid command doesn't work on the BDC unless I add the IP address of the PDC.........why is this?

[root@server3 ~]# net rpc getsid CENTRALTRUCK

Unable to find a suitable server for domain CENTRALTRUCK

[root@server3 ~]# net rpc getsid CENTRALTRUCK -I 172.23.6.127

Storing SID S-1-5-21-2983252645-957758320-1681478634 for Domain CENTRALTRUCK in secrets.tdb