FWIW we managed LMHOSTS via scripts (of course), so as long as LMHOSTS was vorrect in \NETLOGON then the clients were set we well.
You are correct there must be a better solution than LMHOSTS though! Sorry I don't know what it is... Dave. -----Original Message----- From: Weatherly, Rob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 08:32 AM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: logging onto wrong server I tried changing to P-Node With no success I know about the LMHOST but I wanted to avoid maintaining that file on hundreds of computers Does anyone else have any suggestions? -------------------------------- Rob Weatherly -------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Lum, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 10:45 AM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: logging onto wrong server How about an LMHOSTS file? With that you can force the PC to log into a specific DC using \0x1C. See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q163949 for more details. Pay attention to this note on the page as well: "NOTE: The Domain name is limited to 15 characters. If the Domain name is less than 15 characters, use spaces to fill it up to 15 characters, then type the backslash ('\') and the 0x1C value" Dave Lum - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sr. Network Specialist - Textron Financial 503-675-5510 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Weatherly, Rob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 9:44 AM > > To: NT 2000 Discussions > > Subject: logging onto wrong server > > > > > > Problem: > > I have a large amount of windows 98 workstations that are > > authenticating > > to a remote DC that is in a different Site > > With or without the AD client the workstations will > > authenticate to the > > same remote DC. > > > > Environment: > > 3 Sites > > 1 corp. > > 2 remote > > All FSMO roles are at corp. site including PDC emulator > > 1 GC at each site > > > > Question: > > Why are these 98 workstations going to a remote DC to > > authenticate when > > the PDC emulator is here (local)? They are actually going to > > a different > > site to logon. Normally this may not be a big deal but I > need to have > > then pull files from there "logon server" as they logon, so > > if they are > > logging on to a server at a different site it will take a > long time to > > copy the files needed as you could imagine. > > > > > > -------------------------------- > > Rob Weatherly > > -------------------------------- ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
