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More info?)
Forcing down everyone certainly could be a fix but if you force it down I believe it
will also change permissions of the user profile folders, though there should not be
many on a domain controller anyhow and you could repair that later. Running netdiag
/v and dcdiag /v on it may give you some idea what the problem is and I would verify
that administrators/system have full control to \winnt and \winnt\system32 folders.
The link below is another way to reset default ntfs permissions on a W2K computer.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=266118
If you continue to have problems you may just want to dcpromo the computer as you
mention in your other post and I don't blame you as you can spend a lot of time
beating a dead horse. There is a procedure, that I have not tried myself, to forcibly
demote a domain controller. I would also make sure that at least one other domain
controller is a Global Catalog Server [try that and see if it helps with dcpromo] and
then transfer or seize the fsmo roles to another domain controller before trying to
force the dcpromo. Worse case scenario is to seize fsmo roles to other domain
controller, make sure that there is at least one global ctatlog server, and rebuilt
the operating system. In that case you have to use ntdsutil.exe to clean the metadata
for the domain and the procedure differs a bit depending on if you reinstall and
dcpromo with the same computer name or not. The links below explain more detail---
Steve
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;255504
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=332199
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q216498
"Resonate" <resonate@jolt.co.uk> wrote in message
news:doSSc.2511$9M3.1868@newsfe2-gui.ntli.net...
> In my infinate wisdom i manually removed Everyone from the whole of C: on
> this DC as a security measure lol.
>
> I have since before your recommendation to the contrary forced down
> everyone>full control on the whole of C drive in a hope to get replication
> going again but no joy.
>
>
>
> "Steven L Umbach" <n9rou@n0-spam-for-me-comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:keRSc.293429$Oq2.277565@attbi_s52...
> > How did you try to change permissions? Did you manually change
> > permissions, import a
> > template into Local Security Policy on one or more domain controllers, or
> > import a
> > template into Domain Controller Security policy or another GPO?? Hopefully
> > you did
> > this locally so that ntfs permissions are not replicating. What permission
> > did you
> > modify? Below is some information on the Event ID 1126.
> >
> >
http://eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=1126&eventno=656&source=NTDS%20General&phase=1
> >
> > What I would do for now, is try and manually change ntfs permissions for
> > now on that
> > computer. For the system drive make sure administrators and system have
> > full control,
> > that users have read/list/execute and everyone has read permissions. Do
> > NOT force
> > those changes down, just configure in the root folder. Do the same for
> > program files
> > and \winnt folder. Make sure there are no deny permissions listed either.
> > The Sysvol
> > share should have administrators full control and users have read.
> >
> > "Resonate" <resonate@jolt.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:WORSc.2155$9M3.611@newsfe2-gui.ntli.net...
> >> Stephen
> >>
> >> All this occored when i screwed around with the C: file permissions to
> >> try
> >> and lock down security. It seems I have screwed the SYSVOL security etc
> >> and
> >> I belive this template replaces the file permissions. As I couldnt do it
> >> I
> >> decided to try and demote the DC and re add it to the domain but it wont
> >> even let me do that.
> >>
> >> I am not getting all them errors in that KB only these
> >>
> >> Event Type: Error
> >> Event Source: NTDS General
> >> Event Category: Global Catalog
> >> Event ID: 1126
> >> User: Everyone
> >> Description: Unable to establish connection with global catalog.
> >>
> >> Event Type: Warning
> >> Event Source: NTDS General
> >> Event Category: Global Catalog
> >> Event ID: 1655
> >> Description: The attempt to communicate with global catalog
> >> \\computername.SoftwareManager.TheSoftwareManager.com failed with the
> >> following status:
> >>
> >> Access is denied.
> >>
> >> The operation in progress might be unable to continue. The directory
> >> service
> >> will use the locator to try to find an available global catalog server
> >> for
> >> the next operation that requires one.
> >>
> >> The record data is the status code.
> >> Data: 0000: 05 00 00 00
> >>
> >> Any further help appreciated.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "Steven L Umbach" <n9rou@n0-spam-for-me-comcast.net> wrote in message
> >> news:wQQSc.275646$JR4.24015@attbi_s54...
> >> > The error message indicates there is a problem reading the file
> >> > security
> >> > section of
> >> > the security template. You might try to replace it from the install
> >> > disk
> >> > and also try
> >> > to apply it using the Security Configuration and Analysis mmc snapin
> >> > tool.
> >> > I read
> >> > that KB and it seems like you might have some major problem with
> >> > replication if all
> >> > that was going on. If you still have problems with replication I
> >> > suggest
> >> > you post in
> >> > the win2000.active_directory newsgroup for help on resolving your
> >> > issue.
> >> > Replmon,
> >> > gpotool, repadmin, nltest, dnslint, netdiag, and dcdiag are support
> >> > tools
> >> > that you
> >> > may find helpful. --- Steve
> >> >
> >> > "Resonate" <resonate@jolt.co.uk> wrote in message
> >> > news:nbRSc.667$oP2.339@newsfe5-gui.ntli.net...
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Following the advice of KB Q305837. I tried to apply the
> >> >> security template as follows.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> secedit /configure /cfg basicdc.inf /db basicdc.sdb /log
> >> >> basicdc.log /verbose
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> The reply was:
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> The data is invalid, the task completed with error. See
> >> >> log file.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> The log stated:
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Error 13: The data is invalid.
> >> >> Error convert %DSDIT%.
> >> >> Error 13: The data is invalid.
> >> >> Error convertting section File Security.
> >> >> ----Configuration engine is initialized with error.----
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> ----Un-initialize configuration engine...
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Can anyone help please! My DC's are not replicating
🙁
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