NT 4.0 -- Domain Name Questoin

Old school question regarding NT 4.0 domains. Can the domain name for an NT
4.0 domain contain the @ symbol. For example: dom@NT

Not the computer name (not the name of the PDC or the BDC), but the domain
itself. Can it have the @ symbol?

Somchai
Tue Jul 15 02:21:01 CDT 2003

Check the KB Q188997 for valid characters in NetBIOS Name. These symbols are
valid: ! @ # $ % ^ & ( ) - _ ' { } . ~ I think the NT Domain name is
NetBIOS, this rule can be applied.

However, I do not see any benefit for using @ inside domain name. Unless
your system live and die with NT, you should use DNS compatible name
(without dot).

Somchai

"Eric" <eric@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Old school question regarding NT 4.0 domains. Can the domain name for an
NT
> 4.0 domain contain the @ symbol. For example: dom@NT
>
> Not the computer name (not the name of the PDC or the BDC), but the domain
> itself. Can it have the @ symbol?
>
>
>
>
>

Frédéric
Tue Jul 15 21:02:00 CDT 2003

Domain name has to follow the netbios naming convention, so yes the domain
name could be dom@nt

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;188997

In theory though because personnally I would prefer to test it to make sure
that it works, unfortunately I don't have an NT server with me right now.

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"Eric" <eric@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Old school question regarding NT 4.0 domains. Can the domain name for an
NT
> 4.0 domain contain the @ symbol. For example: dom@NT
>
> Not the computer name (not the name of the PDC or the BDC), but the domain
> itself. Can it have the @ symbol?
>
>
>
>
>