Re: DNS Nightmare - Can't create forward zone

Hi

Which account are you using to create the Dns Part are you using the
Administrator Account (Member Off Enterprise admins and member of Domain
admins, etc..?

Check:
1. Reboot the server and press F8. Choose Directory Services Restore Mode
from the Menu.
2. Check the physical location of the Winnt\NTDS\ folder.
3. Check the permissions on the \Winnt\NTDS folder.

The default permissions are (confirm this):
Administrators - Full Control
System - Full Control
4. Open a command prompt and run NTDSUTIL to verify the paths for the
NTDS.dit file. These should match the physical structure from Step 2


To check the file paths type the following commands:

NTDSUTIL <enter>
Files <enter>
Info <enter>

The output should look similar to:

Drive Information:

C:\ NTFS (Fixed Drive) free (2.9 Gb) total (3.9 Gb)
D:\ NTFS (Fixed Drive) free (3.6 Gb) total (3.9 Gb)

DS Path Information:

Database : C:\WINNT\NTDS\ntds.dit - 10.1 Mb
Backup dir: C:\WINNT\NTDS\dsadata.bak
Working dir: C:\WINNT\NTDS
Log dir : C:\WINNT\NTDS - 30.0 Mb total
res2.log - 10.0 Mb
res1.log - 10.0 Mb
edb.log - 10.0 Mb
5. Reboot the server to Normal Mode.









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I hop that helps

Good Luck
Jorge Silva
MCSA
Systems Administrator





"Bertram" <BertramWilberforceWooster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1146744215.218167.32290@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Update: I've just tried reinstalling DNS, and I'm still having the same
problem. When I try to create the zone, I am told the active directory
partition doesn't exist. I have tried recreating this partition, but am
told I do not have the requisite permissions.

Argh!



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