Microsoft KB Archive/235173

= SMS: Unable to Specify Drive Where Logon Points Are Installed =

Article ID: 235173

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 Q235173



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256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry



SYMPTOMS
After you install Systems Management Server (SMS) as a new site, or add a domain to your existing site while Microsoft Windows NT Networking Logon Discovery or Windows Networking client installation is enabled, SMS may have selected the NTFS partitions with the most amount of space as the location for the SMSLOGON folder and share on all domain controllers (DCs).



WORKAROUND
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Before you install SMS in a domain or add a domain to your existing site, you can control where the SMSLOGON folders are created by:
 * 1) On the DCs, make sure the drive where you want the SMSLOGON folder to be created on is an NTFS volume.
 * 2) Create an SMSLOGON folder in the root folder of the NTFS volume.
 * 3) Share the folder with the following properties:
 * 4) * Share name: SMSLOGON.
 * 5) * Share Comments: SMS NT logon service.
 * 6) * Administrators: Full Control permissions.
 * 7) * Everyone: Read permissions.
 * 8) To specify logon points, open Discovery Methods in the SMS Administrator console.
 * 9) Right-click Windows Networking Logon Discovery, and then click Properties. On the General tab, click New.
 * 10) In the New Logon Point dialog box, specify the identity of the domain.

NOTE: If your logon points already exist, use the following steps to move them:  On the logon point, make a note of the permissions that are assigned to the SMSLogon share. Stop all SMS services. Move the SMSLogon folder to an unshared drive, and then share the folder. To share the folder, right-click the folder in Windows Explorer, and then click Properties. On the Sharing tab, click Share this folder. In the Share name box, type SMSLogon. In the Comments box, type SMS NT logon service. Note that you must type both the share name and comment exactly as they appear here. Manually reset the permissions on the new share to match the permissions of the original share.  Disable "inherit permissions" (do not copy-REMOVE) from the parent on the smslogon folder (Properties, Security tab, Advanced) the smslogon Share NTFS perms: (only the following)</li> (domain)\Administrators = Full control -to this folder and sub folders</li> Everyone=read and execute -- to this folder and subfolders</li> NTFS (Security tab) permissions on subfolders</li></ul>

</li> If Logon Discovery is enabled, set the correct path to the new share in the Registry by changing the drive letter in the ImagePath key to the new drive:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ SMS_NT_Logon_Discovery_Agent

</li> Restart the SMS services</li></ol>

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

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MORE INFORMATION
When you specify a Windows NT domain, SMS installs all DCs in the domain as logon points.

If you specify domains that are not trusted by the site server's domain, the non-trusted domains must have a SMS Service account so that SMS will have access. This account must have the same name and password as the SMS Service account in the site server's domain.

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