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by bill.beckett 1 view

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I have inherited a BDC and PDC. Both have policies in place but the policies are using different templates. Which policy overrides the other, the one on the PDC or the BDC? Or do they get both? Or does it depend on which box they authenticate against?

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by mad max

It depends which responds to an authentication request first. As you are probably aware they should be the same in order to ensure consistancy across the network.

by mike.lee

When a pc is connecting to the network it 'always' authenticates its *.pol file against the PDC even though it authenticates its logon against the nearest BDC. However in the case that it cannot authenticate the policy, it will use the default policy on the BDC. Hope this helps.

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