Article ID: 172362
Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q172362
SYMPTOMS
Directory Replicator Service fails to start with the following error message:
The event viewer records the following event:
CAUSE
The Directory Replicator Service is configured to start under an account other than the system account, and this particular account does not have at least Read access to the %SystemRoot%\System32 or the %SystemRoot%\System32\Repl subdirectories.
RESOLUTION
Verify that the account has at least Read (R) access to the %SystemRoot%\ System32 and the %SystemRoot%\System32\Repl subdirectories and the files located therein.
MORE INFORMATION
For replication to complete successfully, the Replicator group on the import computer will also need to have at least Change permissions on the %SystemRoot%\System32\Repl\Import and the %SystemRoot%\...\Import\Scripts subdirectories.
Additional query words: repl repluser
Keywords: kbprb KB172362