In most scenerios the clients use dhcp and that registry entry is there by default. I don't think many people take the time to manually add the "sitename" entry for all of their clients, but it is good to know that there are 2 possibilities, especially the fact that the "sitename" overrides the "dynamicsitename" entry! It was kind of a basic answer to get them in the right direction. Thanks for the articles, good info!
On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 16:21:31 -0500, Robert Williams (RRE) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually, if it were hard coded, it would be in the SiteName entry. The > DynamicSiteName entry is for the dynamically discovered site as discovered by > netlogon...check these links out: > > DynamicSiteName > > http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/regentry/55957.asp > > SiteName > > http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/regentry/55957.asp > > Rob > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Jeff Smith > Sent: Mon 1/24/2005 1:15 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Clients Not Authenticating with Site DC > > > Usually the problem is missing SRV Records or Sites and Services is > misconfigured. Check the following registry location and see if that > site is hard coded. You can write a script to reset this if needed. > HKLM\SYSTEM\CCS\SERVICES\NETLOGON\PARAMETERS\DYNAMICSITENAME > > Also, check the NETLOGON.LOG on both the Client and the Server. You > should be able to see what is going on there. > > On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 11:20:18 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think your problem is that you probably upgraded the DC at that site last > > and, before the upgrade, your XP and 2K clients had discovered the new 2K3 > > DCs at the remote site. Once XP and 2K clients discover and authenticate > > against a 2K or 2K3 DC, they usually don't go back. This may be what you are > > seeing now. > > > > Have you tried disjoining and rejoining one or two of those clients? This > > should help them rediscover their local DC. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > D�j� Ak�m�l�f�, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I > > Microsoft MVP - Directory Services > > www.readymaids.com - we know IT > > www.akomolafe.com > > Do you now realize that Today is the Tomorrow you were worried about > > Yesterday? -anon > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Jacob Walker > > Sent: Thu 1/20/2005 5:27 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [ActiveDir] Clients Not Authenticating with Site DC > > > > We are at the end of our migration from NT to AD 2003 and completing the PC > > moves. However, we are now receiving many reports that some PC's are > > authenticating against remote DC's. While many PC's in a location will > > respect the site configuration and authenticate against the local DC, some > > PC's are authenticating against DC's outside of the site. These are 2000 > > and XP machines, so we thought they should understand Active Directory > > sites. > > > > We do not have any network traces from any of these machines at this time, > > but we were wondering if they might be using WINS rather than DNS to locate > > a DC. But, why would this be happening? These newer OS clients should look > > for a DC using DNS, shouldn't they? We checked DNS, and it is correct. Any > > ideas? > > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
