>From: "Sullivan, Glenn" <GSullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Remember that while one of the primary benefits of an Active Directory >is >it multi-master style of management (i.e., you can make changes to >the domain by changing any DC and the changes get replicated) there >are certain things that do not fit well in the Multi-master >environment. >The primary one that comes to mind is password changes. Due to the >criticality of maintaining the integrity of passwords accross multiple >DC's, the PDC emulator receives preferential treatment for password >change replication from other DC's. It then can mediate between >multiple changes received by multiple DC's, and ensure that all of >them are in synch at the end. >Just didn't want you to think you could turn off your PDC Emulator >once you get an all Win2K domain... Hey, I didn't know that, but you're right, it confirms it here http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q197132 >Native Mode = All Win2K DOMAIN CONTROLLERS. The clients on the >network do not matter. Didn't know that either, but I googled around and confirmed that too, no help for me though since I plan to use SAMBA for a few things, so I'm stuck with mixed mode for now, though I'll have to do some more research. Chris Berry compjma@xxxxxxxxxxx Systems Administrator JM Associates "And here in our server room you can see our Beowolf Cluster of C64's that keeps our enterprise on the very cutting edge of technology." _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus ================================== To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm