Re: Created users can't immediately login

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The other servers are for authentication in case the network fails. I did
not have a subnet assigned to the corporate location, so I'm sure that was
the problem.

"Al Mulnick" <amulnick_No_SPAM@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Your corporate users will try to use the site that they belong in. I.e.
> if they have a matching subnet defined to a site, they'll try to use those
> servers first (GC).
>
> Why do you only have one GC? What was the purpose of those other servers
> in the remote site? For authentication in case the network fails? Or
> something else?
>
> Al
>
>
> "msteinhoff" <msteinhoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:eS1AiV8DGHA.1508@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> The corporate site is the only global catalog. I typed in set for
>> my logon, and its pointing to a remote site and not to the local domain
>> controller. How would I set the domain controllers in the corporate
>> office as logonservers for the corporate users?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> "Paul Bergson" <pbergson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:OoOJLL7DGHA.3528@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Do you have a Global Catalog available in the corporate site?
>>>
>>> The next time you try this, bring up a command prompt and type set
>>> and see what the variable logonserver is set to. This will tell you
>>> which server this user has authenticated to.
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>>
>>> Paul Bergson MCT, MCSE, MCSA, CNE, CNA, CCA
>>>
>>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>>> rights.
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>>> "msteinhoff" <msteinhoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:ObABb16DGHA.984@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Yes I do have sites setup. The two domain controllers at the corporate
>>>> office are in the default first site. I then created sites for each of
>>>> the remote servers, and included the subnets for each server in
>>>> subnets.
>>>>
>>>> "Paul Bergson" <pbergson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>> news:O1CCuaMDGHA.208@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> You are correct on the response time, but do you have sites set up so
>>>>> that only the two corporate dc's are defined for this user to be
>>>>> authenticated against?
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Paul Bergson MCT, MCSE, MCSA, CNE, CNA, CCA
>>>>>
>>>>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>>>>> rights.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "msteinhoff" <msteinhoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>>> news:%23YinGGKDGHA.2820@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> Environment:
>>>>>> Server 2003
>>>>>> Domain Func Level: Windows Server 2003
>>>>>> Forest Func Level: Windows Server 2003
>>>>>> The environment consists of corporate office(2 domain controllers)
>>>>>> and 12 remote offices(1 domain controller/office).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Problem:
>>>>>> If I create a user in the corporate office, and then try to log that
>>>>>> user on in the corporate office, I get an error message stating that
>>>>>> the user does not exist. Yet, if I look in my ADUaC on the two
>>>>>> domain controllers in the corporate office, the user is there. Do I
>>>>>> have to wait for the user to replicate throughout the entire AD
>>>>>> structure before they can login?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Now, if I created a user on the corporate DC's and then tried to
>>>>>> login that user at a remote location I could see having to wait for
>>>>>> replication, but that is not the case.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thoughts...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mike
>>>>>>
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