[THIN] Re: Demoted a pdc to a bdc in a 2003 enviorment.
- From: Tom Howarth <tom.howarth@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 21:42:32 +0100
I just love it when somebody takes Neils bait. it leads to some very
interesting threads. lol
On 05/10/05, Jeff Pitsch <jepitsch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I am so sorry I started this part of the thread. :(
>
>
> On 10/5/05, Braebaum, Neil <Neil.Braebaum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Shonk
> > > Sent: 05 October 2005 16:59
> > > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [THIN] Re: Demoted a pdc to a bdc in a 2003 enviorment.
> > >
> > > Bring up Server Manager or any other NT domain utility and
> > > all of your AD controllers (except for PDCe) will be labeled
> > > as BDCs...
> >
> > That's simply because any NT domain utility doesn't understand AD, and
> > AD provides backward compatibility.
> >
> > Doesn't mean that because the NT domain utility says so, that it's the
> > truth, though.
> >
> > > For all downlevel clients they will see and
> > > authenticate with these DCs as if they were BDCs.
> >
> > Agreed.
> >
> > That doesn't make them so, though.
> >
> > > The downlevel client itself can't distinguish between a W2k
> > > DC acting like a BDC or a NT 4 BDCs.
> >
> > So, that doesn't make them BDCs, though, just because that's how
> > downlevel clients *perceive* them.
> >
> > > Also, NT 4 BDCs are
> > > able to participate in a mixed-mode AD environment.
> >
> > And? Mixed mode was only there to provide transition from an NT domain
> > to AD.
> >
> > > Perhaps it is all semantics... Look at it from a NT Domain
> > > point of view, it is... Look at it from an AD point of view,
> > > it isn't. Some domains are mixed, others are native.
> >
> > Regardless, AD DCs are not BDCs. They are simply DCs. Some are more
> > equal than others - some are running FSMOs, some are bridgeheads, some
> > are GCs.
> >
> > What they aren't, is synonymous to the terms that were used in the NT
> > domain model, and the PDCe role is exactly that - an emulated role, used
> > to provide downlevel compatibility, and also to provide a logical place
> > where referrals can be sent.
> >
> > Neil
> >
> >
> >
> >
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