David It's not quite like that. DC3 (IM role holder for child.parent.com) will fail to provide certain updates to DC4.
The following article describes the role of the IM very well and provides a good example scenario: http://mcpmag.com/columns/article.asp?EditorialsID=403 Tony -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Adner Sent: Samstag, 3. Juli 2004 04:47 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] Inf Master and GC Clarification Can someone tell me what exactly the problems I might see if I had 2 Domain's and in one of them the Infrastructure Master role was on the GC with the other DC's in that Domain not also being a GC? This assumes the first Domain is setup correctly. So: Parent.com DC1 - 5 FSMO roles and GC DC2 - GC Child.Parent.com DC3 - 3 FSMO roles and GC DC4 - *not* a GC If I understand correctly, the INF Master's job is to inform other Domain's of changes to objects in its own Domain. If so, then in the above scenario, DC3 will fail to inform DC1 of changes to objects in Child...? Just what kind of changes would it fail to pass along? List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
