Re: server 2003 standard domain user local rights

let me first say, that i have tried for hours looking for microsoft documents
on how to add an additional domain server in a Windows SBS network, however
only come up with documents telling you it can be done (contrary to popular
belief)....but not how to do it.

one nic in SBS server = 192.168.254.200 connected to main router
main router connected to dsl & cable connections...local ip = 192.168.254.1
one nic in additional Std. 2003 server = 192.168.254.197 connected to switch
- uplinked to router

SBS Server host name = Torment2k3
Additional Server host name = DVR
(I have followed your last post stating that I should not have any other DNS
address besides the SBS server configured, however, since it still didn't
work, i added in the router as secondary DNS address incase the SBS goes down
for maintanence or whatnot)

C:\Documents and Settings\DVRAdmin>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : dvr
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : DI-COMM.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : DI-COMM.local

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Network Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-0C-3D-BA-8B
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.254.197
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.254.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 191.168.254.200
192.168.254.1
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.254.200



"Cris Hanna[SBS-MVP]" wrote:

on the additional server
go to a command prompt and run IPconfig /all and post here

How many nics in the SBS server?
How many in the additional server

What are all the nics connected to?

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"mcass" <mcass@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Ok, I've done that, and I can now log in fine with domain user account and
install programs. I cannot see, however, where it has added the domain
user
account to the Standard Server 2003 and given any local rights.

Although that part worked...on the Standard 2003 server, I still cannot
add
this as an additional domain controller. When I am using the Active
Directory Installation Wizard and when it asks for the network credentials
(username/pass/domain name) is where I get stuck. It tells me that "An
Active Directory domain controller for the domain DI-COMM.local could not
be
contacted. Ensure that the DNS domain name is typed correctly." And it
is!

This is a Standard Server 2003 joining the domain DI-COMM.local hosted
from
a SBS 2003 server as an additional domain controller for redundancy
purposes.

"Cris Hanna[SBS-MVP]" wrote:

Wow
Where to start.
We are going to go back to the beginning
1. Disjoin your standard Sever form the domain
2. Manually assign your standard server a static IP in the same range as
your SBS server. Make the Gateway address on standard sever, the IP
address
of the SBS Server.
3. Make the DNS Server address on your standard server the IP address of
the SBS server. DO NOT add any other DNS servers
4. Get this document.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6f4015f2-7606-4eaa-828a-00b8df6bd999&displaylang=en
Follow the instructions.

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"mcass" <mcass@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I was thinking....maybe....just maybe I needed to have my DNS addresses
point
to the DC instead of the router, so I changed them, and got this error:

The wizard cannot gain access to the list of domains in the forest.
This condition may be caused by a DNS lookup problem. For more
information...... http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=5171

The error is:
The RPC server is unavailable.

I went to that link, but it didn't seem to have any relevant
information....I could be wrong though..??


"Steve" wrote:

Add the 2nd server 2003 as a domain member server and you will then be
able
to login with domain accounts.

"mcass" <mcass@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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i have a sbs 2003 server acting as PDC and have another server that
we
had
to
get standard server 2003 and put it on there (due to intel's
compatibility
discrepancies and general lack of intelligence). my question is,
obviously
there is some sort of compatibility issue where sbs 2003 want to be
the
boss
of it all and doesn't play nice with other servers, so, with just
standard
server 2003 on the 2nd server, i want to have a domain user account
on
the
server with some local priveliges. every time i try to add a user,
it
only
adds local users, not domain users, therefore, inorder to do much of
anything
on the standard 2003, i have to login with local administrative
account,
or
constantly use the "run as" under the domain account, which really
doesn't
seem like it is being added to the server when i log in with the
domain
account, because it will take forever to load and create the profile
and
everything.





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