It will use other DCs but it will always contact the PDC for things like machine account password changes, user password changes, etc. In the event you have an application using legacy Net* APIs, they may supply flags that force the PDCe to be returned each time.
Thanks, Brian Desmond [email protected] c - 312.731.3132 Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/ Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian From: Jeff Bunting [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 1:25 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: NT4 in a 2003 domain Quick question: Will an NT4 member server only authenticate against the PDC emulator in a mixed mode 2003 domain, or can it use other DCs too? Thanks, Jeff p.s. I know about the digital signing, NTLM, etc. that needs to be set ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
