Unable to authenticate users in windows 2003 SP1 secondary DC

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Hi,
I have a PDC & BDC. PDC holds all the FSMO role. How would I make the
users authenticate with BDC, if my PDC is brought down(for testing). Do I
have to transfer / sieze all FSMO to BDC. I have PDC as primary DNS and BDC
as secondary DNS configured.
Any thoughts appreciated.
Liby


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