Guest Stephen Berger Posted September 20, 2007 Posted September 20, 2007 I have a windows 2000 mixed mode domain with (2) 2003 servers as DC. One is local and the other is over a wan link. It looks like all users are authenticating to the remote server whether they are local or not. This is causing havoc in my login script. I had thought that whichever server answered first (usually the local) would authenticate the user, but this may not be the case. Both should be GC. FSMO roles are split between the servers. Does one FSMO role more control the logon process? Any input is appreciated Thanks
Guest Chris M Posted September 20, 2007 Posted September 20, 2007 Re: logon server question Stephen Berger wrote: > I have a windows 2000 mixed mode domain with (2) 2003 servers as DC. One is > local and the other is over a wan link. It looks like all users are > authenticating to the remote server whether they are local or not. This is > causing havoc in my login script. Have you divided your domain up into two sites representing the central and remote locations? > I had thought that whichever server answered first (usually the local) would > authenticate the user, but this may not be the case. Both should be GC. > FSMO roles are split between the servers. Does one FSMO role more control > the logon process? By dividing the sites up and assigning the relevant domain controller and IP subnets to them, your machines will be able to decide which site they're in, and authenticate with the nearest one. -- Chris M.
Guest Anthony Posted September 20, 2007 Posted September 20, 2007 Re: logon server question You need to have AD Sites and Services set up correctly for DC selection to work correctly, Anthony http://www.airdesk.com "Stephen Berger" <StephenBerger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8513A379-829E-4209-9A89-F96E8B77C722@microsoft.com... >I have a windows 2000 mixed mode domain with (2) 2003 servers as DC. One >is > local and the other is over a wan link. It looks like all users are > authenticating to the remote server whether they are local or not. This > is > causing havoc in my login script. > > I had thought that whichever server answered first (usually the local) > would > authenticate the user, but this may not be the case. Both should be GC. > FSMO roles are split between the servers. Does one FSMO role more control > the logon process? > > Any input is appreciated > > Thanks
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