Full Sync on LAN Manager 2.1a/2.2 Servers (98426)




This article was previously published under Q98426

SUMMARY

To initiate a "full sync" of the Netlogon service on all of the backup and member servers under LAN Manager 2.1a or 2.2, the old trick of adding then deleting a user no longer works.

MORE INFORMATION

Here is how to accomplish a full sync on the PDC:

  1. Stop the server.
  2. Change a user (fullname, comment, something trivial).
  3. Delete (or rename) $(lanroot)\ACCOUNTS\UASCHG.LOG.
  4. Start Netlogon.
When the primary comes back up, it broadcasts a new serial number that is at least one higher than that of all the other servers. The other servers ask for the changes, and the primary responds with a NERR_SyncRequired because it has no record of that one change.
Modification Type: Major Last Reviewed: 7/30/2001
Keywords: kbnetwork KB98426
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