Installing SFU 2.0 NIS in a Peer Domain Generates Error 26065 (289747)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX 2.0
This article was previously published under Q289747

SYMPTOMS

Windows Services for UNIX (SFU) 2.0 contains a NIS server component. When you install NIS on a peer domain in an existing forest, the install may not succeed and generate error 26065.

For example, assume that you install Windows 2000 and create a new domain in a new forest. Then, you install NIS on this domain controller. The install succeeds and NIS works correctly. Later, you add a second domain to the same forest. When you try to install NIS on a domain controller in this peer domain, the NIS install does not succeed.

CAUSE

For the peer domain, some Active Directory entries were not structured the way the install script expected.

RESOLUTION

A supported fix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Apply it only to computers that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS

NOTE: In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Because the problem is in the installation script, you must copy the SFU distribution media to disk, apply the hotfix to the copy on disk, and then run Setup from the copy to which you applied the hotfix.

When you run the hotfix image (Q289747_SFU_2_X86_EN.EXE) it runs a .cmd file that prompts for the location of the distribution media and the location to which you want to copy it. The .cmd file applies the patch to the copy on the disk and then runs Setup from the disk copy.

This information is copied from the Q289747.txt file: 

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4. STEPS TO INSTALL
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* Run the file Q289747_SFU_2_X86_EN.exe from its current location.

* This will run a batch file. Supply whatever the batch file asks.
  The batch file will
  - Copy the "Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX 2.0" CD-ROM contents
    to a local or network share.
    * If the CD-ROM contents are already available either as a local
      share or a network one, you can specify the path.
    * If the share is on the network, ensure this is writeable.
  - Then apply the patch on to this share.
  - Then the batch file will start Setup from this share.

* In the setup,
  - Select "Custom Setup".
  - Select Server for NIS.
  - Select other components.
  - Proceed with the installation.
  - Setup will prompt for a reboot. Select Yes.

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/26/2005
Keywords:kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbenv kbfix kbQFE kbsetup KB289747
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