Re: Distribution Point on Windows 2003 DC

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I believe the Site System computer account needs to have administrative
rights on the DC; which you can grant by making it a Domain Admin.

Make sure to reboot the site server after adding it to the group.

"wayne" <wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> SMS 2003-SP1 - Advanced Security
> Windows Server 2003
> Single Site / Single Domain
> SMS 2003 installed on member server with Distribution Point. Want to make
> a
> Distribution Point on another server which happens to be a DC. On the DC,
> I
> have IIS, WebDAV, and BITS installed.
>
> I'm sending a package to the DC, because from what I understand the folder
> and share wll be created after the first package is sent. The Critical
> messages I see in the SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER component status window
> are:
> "SMS Distribution Manager failed to process package "Program" (package ID
> =
> PHI00009)."
> and
> "Failed to create virtual directory on the defined share or volume on
> distribution point
> "["Display=\\DCRSC015\"]MSWNET:["SMS_SITE=PHI"]\\DCRSC015\"."
>
> I believe it to be a permissions issue. Can someone specifically state
> where/how I need to give SMS permissions on a DC and/or is it something
> else?
>


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