Microsoft KB Archive/247851

= Logon Scripts Disappear or Are Overwritten if Exporting Server Is Not the PDC =

Article ID: 247851

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q247851



SYMPTOMS
If Windows Networking Logon Client Installation or Windows Networking Logon Discovery is enabled, and the "Modify user logon scripts" feature is enabled, Systems Management Server "assumes" the script exporting server is the primary domain controller (PDC). The SMS_NT_LOGON_SERVER_MANAGER writes the SMS logon scripts to repl$\Scripts on the PDC, and then replicates them to the NETLOGON shares on the PDC and BDC's. In environments that use the Windows NT Directory Replicator service, and the PDC is not the script exporting server, the Systems Management Server logon scripts may disappear or be overwritten.



CAUSE
This issue can occur because the Windows NT Directory Replicator service is copying files from a different replication source.



RESOLUTION
To work around this issue and avoid these conflicts, either disable the Windows NT Directory Replicator Service, or configure it so the script exporting server is the PDC.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about Systems Management Server logon scripts replication, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

242477 SMS: Login Script Support Files Not Copied After Applying SP1

Additional query words: prodsms logon script directory replicator

Keywords: kbprb KB247851

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