Unable to connect Linux Mint to Windows Active Directory

[Parasite]

Hello,

I was trying to connect my Linux Mint box to our Windows Server 2003 domain. I seem to be running into the same error over and over and I don't know what I am doing wrong. I'm not really a pro, so I am assuming I am typing in something wrong when setting up my network settings. I am using Likewise Open 5 to get on the domain.

At the desktop I go to Control Center>Network. This is the information I have filled on each tab.

~General~
Host Name: gps-pc
Domain Name: thorncollc.local

~DNS~
DNS Servers: 192.168.1.14
Search Domain: <none>

~Hosts~
IP Address: 127.0.0.1 Alias: gps-pc.thorncollc.local gps-pc localhost

Every time I try to join the domain using Likewise it gives me the following error.

Lsass Error
Network name not found.. Failure to lookup a domain name ending in ".local" may be the result of configuring the local system's hostname resolution (or equivalent) to use Multi-cast DNS. Please refer to the Likewise manual at http://www.likewise.com/resources/docum ... igNsswitch for more information.

Error code: ERROR_BAD_NET_NAME (0x00000043)

Backtrace:
../domainjoin/domainjoin-gui/gtk/main.c:347
../domainjoin/libdomainjoin/src/djmodule.c:337
../domainjoin/libdomainjoin/src/djauthinfo.c:858
../domainjoin/libdomainjoin/src/djauthinfo.c:1230

I have a feeling it may have something to do with that last tab on control settings>network>hosts

I'm not quite sure what I need to put in there for the IP and the Alias. If anyone could help me set this up, I would greatly appreciate it. I know it is something super simple with the settings that I am missing.

[dcihon]

First question I would ask is what are you trying to get from the domain.
I connect to my file servers and shares to get to files.
I connect to my exchange email with Thunderbird.
I use Remmina to remote into my servers.
I don't log into the domain like you would on a windows computer but I get to everything I need.

[Parasite]

Well, this is a computer we have in the copy room and is hooked up to a monitor and displays a website for fleet tracking. I also have a USB plan printer that is hooked up to it and shared so that everyone can print to it. I guess I can probably get around without needing to get on the domain but the windows machine before this one was on the domain, so I figured I should have this replacement box take its' place and be on the domain as well. The tutorials I saw online made it out to be so easy but didn't really give me exact instructions on what to fill in for the different fields.