Re: Access resources on a local server when DC is down

From: Jack Seredyniecki (jack_seredyniecki_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/18/03


Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 20:55:36 -0400


Set the remote DC to be a global catalog.

"Mukesh Dang" <mukesh.dang@wakefern.com> wrote in message
news:665d01c37d5d$449fa6d0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Our remote location has a single server with about 5
> PCs. They are all part of a single Windows 2000 Active
> Directory domain.
>
> When the WAN is down (that makes the Domain controller
> located here at our data center unavailable to this
> remote location) the PCs at this remote location cannot
> access their local server.
>
> The user can log in as a domain user into the PC because
> his ID is cached but cannot access the server. Any way
> around this problem ?
>
> THANKS



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