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NT 4.0 / W2K Password Replication

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by tragard

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We are having a Windows 2000 PDC With 2 NT 4.0 BDCS. One of the BDC's sits at a remote location accessable over an ISDN line. When a user changes their password on the PDC there password is not replicated down to the remote BDC.

The event logis returning the following error on the remote BDC

No Windows NT Domain Controller is available for domain CWLNT. (This event
is expected and can be ignored when booting with the 'No Net' Hardware
Profile.) The following error occurred:
Thereare currently no logon servers available to service the logon
request.

This message comes up every 15 minutes

We can ping both the IP address and the server name, and when logging on using an old password we have full access to the network.
Any ideas??

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by frobo

Check if your PDC-->BDC Synchronisation is all right. Test it, start the Servermanager and chose Synch this DC with the PDC . Check the Eventlog for Event coming from the NETLOGON service. Look if the synchronisation is functionong well.
If your naming resolution functions well, so it should work. But remember it could take a little wihle since your working over WAN, your Environment etc.
If your Domain has more than 10 BDC, it could take a (long) time to get the BDC in Sync with the PDC.

Take DOMMON from the NTRESKIT to check if your domain and your DC(s).

regards

Frobo

by frobo

A PDC from a Domain anounces changes in intervalls, but only 10 BDC at a time.
So in larger Environments with dozens of BDC in outer Loactions it could take a long time to get whole Doman in sync. Changes got replcated within a couple of hours.

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