how to find the GC in an w2k domain?

Chere Zhou qzhou at isilon.com
Fri Jun 13 17:27:39 GMT 2003


No, it doesn't seem so.  Each forest, can have one GC, or multiple GCs, but 
there is no requirement for a domain.  By default the first PDC in a forest 
holds the GC, but you can change it.


On Thursday 12 June 2003 04:49 pm, Jim McDonough wrote:
> >I guess I should have asked the question as "from a domain in its forest".
> >
> >Jmcd's method works when the GC is in the domain, but not if the GC is in
>
> a
>
> >parent domain.  Aliguor's is kind of complex, I haven't tried it yet.  But
> >
> >from what he described, I doubt it will.
>
> Doesn't each domain have to have a GC?
>
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