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From: Nick Burkitt on 23 May 2008 12:39
Hi Bob.

Wow - I must have fat-fingered the group name when I first posted. This was
supposed to go to ASDI General Questions. :-#
Thanks for your time - I'll post again with hopefully better aim.

-Nick


"Bob Barrows [MVP]" wrote:

> You'll be unlikely to get an answer here: we concentrate on ASP/scripting
> questions. Congratulations if you do :-)
> I've never done any C++ myself so there is no possibility that I will be
> able to help.
>
> You might try a group devoted to C++ questions. Perhaps one of these:
> http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=9&SiteID=1
>
> Or fire up a newsreader and go to comp.lang.c++
>
> Nick Burkitt wrote:
> > Hi Bob.
> >
> > Thanks. It's a VC++ app and I'm calling DsGetDcName() directly. I'm
> > passing a NETBIOS name as the first parameter and requesting a
> > DNS-style name by setting flag DS_RETURN_DNS_NAME. If the initial
> > call fails with ERROR_NO_SUCH_DOMAIN, I set the DS_FORCE_REDISCOVERY
> > flag and repeat the call. If the call fails for any other reason, I
> > wait a bit (200 ms, I believe), and repeat the call. Ten strikes and
> > you're out.
> > Anything else you need?
> >
> > -Nick
> >
> >
> > "Bob Barrows [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> Nick Burkitt wrote:
> >>> I have an application that uses DsGetDcName() to determine the sites
> >>> (and domains) of servers in the network.
> >>> I have found that DsGetDcName() fails rather often, and the
> >>> reason(s)
> >>> is not obvious. The typical error code is RPC_S_SERVER_UNAVAILABLE,
> >>> although RPC_E_ACCESS_DENIED is popular, as well. Sometimes simply
> >>> retrying the call will result in success, but more often it does
> >>> not. What can cause DsGetDcName() to fail (excluding the obvious
> >>> situation where the server is down or otherwise not accessible)?
> >>> Thanks,
> >>>
> >> What kind of application is this and what library provides the
> >> DsGetDcName method?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET
> >> Please reply to the newsgroup. This email account is my spam trap so
> >> I don't check it very often. If you must reply off-line, then remove
> >> the "NO SPAM"
>
> --
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> "NO SPAM"
>
>
>
From: Steven Cheng [MSFT] on 25 May 2008 23:43
Hi Nick,

I originally also guess that you may post the question in this group by
mistake :)

Anyway, if you have any ASP related web dev questions, welcome to post here.

Sincerely,

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>Subject: Re: DsGetDcName() failures
>Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 09:39:01 -0700

>
>Hi Bob.
>
>Wow - I must have fat-fingered the group name when I first posted. This
was
>supposed to go to ASDI General Questions. :-#
>Thanks for your time - I'll post again with hopefully better aim.
>
>-Nick
>
>
>"Bob Barrows [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> You'll be unlikely to get an answer here: we concentrate on
ASP/scripting
>> questions. Congratulations if you do :-)
>> I've never done any C++ myself so there is no possibility that I will be
>> able to help.
>>
>> You might try a group devoted to C++ questions. Perhaps one of these:
>> http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=9&SiteID=1
>>
>> Or fire up a newsreader and go to comp.lang.c++
>>
>> Nick Burkitt wrote:
>> > Hi Bob.
>> >
>> > Thanks. It's a VC++ app and I'm calling DsGetDcName() directly. I'm
>> > passing a NETBIOS name as the first parameter and requesting a
>> > DNS-style name by setting flag DS_RETURN_DNS_NAME. If the initial
>> > call fails with ERROR_NO_SUCH_DOMAIN, I set the DS_FORCE_REDISCOVERY
>> > flag and repeat the call. If the call fails for any other reason, I
>> > wait a bit (200 ms, I believe), and repeat the call. Ten strikes and
>> > you're out.
>> > Anything else you need?
>> >
>> > -Nick
>> >
>> >
>> > "Bob Barrows [MVP]" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Nick Burkitt wrote:
>> >>> I have an application that uses DsGetDcName() to determine the sites
>> >>> (and domains) of servers in the network.
>> >>> I have found that DsGetDcName() fails rather often, and the
>> >>> reason(s)
>> >>> is not obvious. The typical error code is RPC_S_SERVER_UNAVAILABLE,
>> >>> although RPC_E_ACCESS_DENIED is popular, as well. Sometimes simply
>> >>> retrying the call will result in success, but more often it does
>> >>> not. What can cause DsGetDcName() to fail (excluding the obvious
>> >>> situation where the server is down or otherwise not accessible)?
>> >>> Thanks,
>> >>>
>> >> What kind of application is this and what library provides the
>> >> DsGetDcName method?
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET
>> >> Please reply to the newsgroup. This email account is my spam trap so
>> >> I don't check it very often. If you must reply off-line, then remove
>> >> the "NO SPAM"
>>
>> --
>> Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET
>> Please reply to the newsgroup. This email account is my spam trap so I
>> don't check it very often. If you must reply off-line, then remove the
>> "NO SPAM"
>>
>>
>>
>

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