Policy "Path for Manual Update" Support for %LogonServer% (164131)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
This article was previously published under Q164131 SYMPTOMS
The "Path for Manual Update" for loading policies from a named server
location does not support the %LogonServer% environment variable.
CAUSE
This functionality was not designed into the base release of Windows NT
4.0.
MORE INFORMATION
In a large multiple master domain model, you would ideally use the
Automatic policy update mode. However, in a large environment, the Policy
file may become large, and associated performance problems may ensue.
Decentralizing the policies would overcome the performance issue, but would
be unmanageable in a large environment.
Switching to Manual policy update mode allows you to create policies
specific to each resource domain. This works around the potential
performance problems but introduces a single point of failure, because the
Path for Manual Update must be a hard-coded UNC name to a single specific
server location.
Adding support for %LogonServer% in the Path for Manual Update is a better
solution, as it removes the single point of failure (assuming the network
has more than one logon server), and allows policy processing to be
distributed among the logon servers.
RESOLUTION
Either accept the single point of failure that choosing Manual policy
update mode for policies entails in the base release, or upgrade to the
latest service pack, which enables %LogonServer% to be used within the
specified Path for Manual Update.
STATUS
This feature is included in the latest Microsoft Windows NT version 4.00
U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on
the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 8/10/2001 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug kbnetwork KB164131 |
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