I am new to Linux and systems administration so this problem may seem 
trivial to some.

I have a Linux box running 7.2 on a network. The DNS server is handled by 
a Windows 2000 box. I have the IP address and the server name entered in 
the DNS table. I also have the Linux box listed as a Domain Computer in 
Active directory services. The Samba share shows up in the workgroup 
computers under Windows, but when I click on it it says the computer can 
not be found. In the properties box for the Linux machineunder  active 
directory users, there is a grayed out area for the DNS name. I am an 
administartor on all machined. It will not allow me to add the DNS name 
for the Samba server, and it seems to me that this is what is causing my 
problem.

There must be some way to get the DNS name in the properties box, because 
some of our other computers have it filled in, even though it is grayed 
out there also.

We use ssh to conect to the Linux box and sftp for file transfer. Telnet 
and ftp are disabled.

Thanks,
Mike McGinn