Microsoft KB Archive/187714

= Domain Controllers Being Replaced in 1C List =

Article ID: 187714

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q187714



SYMPTOMS
A condition can exist where the domain controller name can be replaced, or an invalid entry can be added to the 1C list in your Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) database. This can cause problems for clients authenticating to the domain.



CAUSE
This condition happens when a Remote Access Service (RAS) user connects to the network with a domain controller with the same name as the corporate domain. The RAS-connected domain controller then registers in WINS. If the primary domain controller (PDC) is down or off the network, you can replace the PDC's 1C entry, and the 1B entry can be replaced on the corporate WINS servers.



RESOLUTION
Microsoft recommends that RAS users resolve their names and register with an isolated WINS server, to which the rest of the WINS infrastructure pushes its registrations. This will allow the RAS users to resolve the names of the computers on the corporate network but will not allow internal users to resolve the external RAS user's name. Stopping the registrations of the RAS users being propagated to the internal solves the problem.

Additional query words: hijack dun pull kbDSupport

Keywords: kbprb KB187714

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