Did you configure sites and services? This is where and how your clients including Exchange will find preferred GC. If you have configured your subnets correctly your clients should point to your local GC. ________________________________ From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:michael@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 10:15 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Wierd Exchange problem with Global Catalog servers http://www.MSExchange.org/ There are very knowledgable SMS folks at www.myitforum.com. Exchange provides referrals to the servers it knows about. If you think about it, it makes sense (in a warped non-intuitive kind of way) that Exchange will give you a GC that it knows about. This is a common issue in multi-domain environments. I tend to recommend folks to go with a flat domain (if possible) or to put Exchange in a resource forest, all by its lonesome. Third suggestion would be to run Exchange out of the root domain. ________________________________ From: Booker Washington [mailto:chipw@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 10:00 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] Wierd Exchange problem with Global Catalog servers http://www.MSExchange.org/ First, I hate to spam the list before I ask my Exchange question, but does anyone know of a good list like this for SMS 2003 questions: While you chew on that, here is the Exchange question I have a forest empty root(test.com) and I am a child domain of that root(mgt.test.com). My domain connects to the Exchange server in a different domain via rpc over http. The exchange server is called mymail.test.com When I try to allow other users to manage the membership of distribution groups, they get a permission error. I have found out that it is because the clients in my domain are using the Global Catalog of the Exchange server. If I make a registry change to force a client to choose the Closest GC, then that user is able to make the changes. My question is why would my clients in my domain, NOT choose my DC's as the closest GC by default instead of looking at the Exchange Server in a different domain (is it because of the exchange over https connection) And if so, by making that registry change, will this affect their ability to manage groups if they go off site? Thanks ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp ------------------------------------------------------ Visit TechGenix.com for more information about our other sites: http://www.techgenix.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: michael@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Report abuse to info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp ------------------------------------------------------ Visit TechGenix.com for more information about our other sites: http://www.techgenix.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: chongja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Report abuse to info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx