Re: Windows 2003: Secondary domains & Profiles

Tech-Archive recommends: Speed Up your PC by fixing your registry

I am fairly new to Windows 2003 and would really appreciate some help.

We are trying to set up a Windows network with a primary domain
controller and a second domain controller attached. The usernames etc replicate fine but I have a number of questions about other issues:

1) We need to set up a profile for the users - we wish this to be a
mandatory profile and to be shared by all the users. Is this possible? I have created a profile and changed the '.dat' file to be a '.mn' file as I had done this before in NT.

2) Is there any way to replicate the profile between the two domain
controllers? Can it just be put in the SYSVOL directory (I have put a login script in there and it seems to replicate)? Is this safe - I would presume that this directory would then need to be shared in order for the profile to work. Is this safe??

3) At the minute I have simply copied the profile from one controller to another. However when I switch of the primary and try to login to the domain, the actual domain is seen however the login script is not. The secondary has been set up as a domain controller with DNS installed.

I know these questions may be very basic but any help would be greatly appreciated.

log on to any workstation
do all sorts of settings you want to have set by default for every user

then copy that profile over to the netlogon folder of any of your DC's
the profile must be called "default user"
giev everyone read rights

AD replication will see to it that it appears on every DC in your network

scripts can be set via GPO or in the AD user object and then they should apply regardless of the DC they come from

grtz


.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: "Remote" Windows 2003 BDC
    ... site concept and how to configure site links, costing, etc here: ... I simply add the domain controller at the remote site, ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.active_directory)
  • Re: Active Directory Damaged
    ... a domain controller last week, ... The backup domain controller was forced to seize all the roles... ... back you can once again run DCPromo to make it a NEW DC. ... to replicate this partition. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.general)
  • Re: Re-joining Windows XP pro to Domain
    ... No Backup Domain Controller. ... Because you're using the same domain name the profile must be created under a different profile name. ... Windows User State Migration Tool version 2.6 ... Windows NT4 Primary Domain Controller crash. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.active_directory)
  • Re: Demote 1st DC Error
    ... "Don Wilwol" wrote in message ... > When a domain controller is demoted, the operational attribute> "GiveAwayAllFsmoRoles" is written, which triggers the domain controller to> locate other domain controllers to offload any roles it currently owns. ... Locate a server to which there is RPC connectivity. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.active_directory)
  • Popper PID profiles, just met the learning curve
    ... managed to get a temperature controller in place recently. ... bean mass, and I roast 180grams at a time, based on what the fan ... profile from 180-440 over 15 minutes or so, ... the controller I am using now has only 4 ramp segments. ...
    (alt.coffee)