Questions tagged [netlogon]

A standard share for Domain-based logins for Windows-based PCs

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Where's the netlogon folder stored?

Where will I find the netlogon diretory on a Window 2003 domain controller?
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Netlogon Share Missing from Domain (server 2012 R2) (DFSR)

I recently took over a windows domain environment and found AD in poor health. I managed to fix most of the issue, BPA shows no errors, everything seems to be working well. Sysvol is replicating over DFSR and there are no problems there. The domain…
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Store GPO Scripts in Netlogon or Policy Folder?

Is it best practice to store logon scripts centrally in \\DOMAIN\Netlogon or in the policy folder they get put in by default, eg. \\DOMAIN\SysVol\DOMAIN\Policies\{DE22B6FB-315E-4C55-BF06-A7709913CD9E}\User\Scripts\Logon? What are the implications…
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Netlogon - Domain Trust Secure Channel issues - Only on some DCs

We have a 2 domain environment. We were having issues with slow connections, authentication failures, and hung resources only during OFF-PEAK hours when there were very few users logged on. The issue occurred when a user from DOMAIN A is accessing…
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Server 2003 Missing NETLOGON Folder

I've just started working for a new company where there was perviously no-one really managing the IT environment, and it's quite a small company that has only one Domain Controller (plus other servers doing other things). While I was trying to…
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Login script not executing on all stations

My server is Debian-based, running Samba as the Primary Domain Controller. I have verified the permissions on the netlogon share (drwxrwsr-x) and the login.bat (-rwxrwxr-x) file, to allow all users Read and Execute permissions. On some of the…
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Windows Hosts DNS query for _ldap._tcp.domaincontroller, is this normal?

To make this easier to wrap my head around, here's what I'm using in my examples: deecee = my domain controller dctoo = another domain controller internal.foo.bar = the full DNSDomainName of my windows domain. foo = the short (netbios) name…
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How can I find which logon script is being run?

I'm having an issue with network drives. Suddenly some computers and users aren't getting their mapped network drives from the logon script. I am NOT a domain admin, I don't have permission to login to the domain controller. And I know very little…
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Windows domain software deployment not applying at startup - NETLOGON error 5719

I've recently tried to push out software (and updates) through windows server 2008 gpo. I did not work for quite some time and I wasn't getting any indication that it was even trying to install the software in the logs. It turns out that it had to…
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What's the best way to set-up a user's printers using NETLOGON.bat?

What's the best way to set-up a user's printers using NETLOGON.bat?
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An attempt was made to logon, but the network logon service was not started Server 2008 R2

On my main 2008 R2 domain controller: When I boot, the screen goes black (monitor light goes amber) RDP logon to the server says "An attempt was made to logon, but the network logon service was not started" Trying to logon to the local admin account…
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Secondary domain controller not processing log on requests

So I have a weird bug that pauses the netlogon service periodically on my primary domain controller. When this happens users cannot log in to the domain. I have a secondary DC offsite that is a Global Catalog and DNS server but it is reachable…
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AD installed on subdomain, registration failing for parent domain

Our Active Directory domain is installed on a subdomain (us.example.com). The parent domain (example.com) is for mostly linux servers located at our datacenter - for our website and other public facing services. On the primary domain controller, I…
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Netlogon is missing?

By coincidence I noticed the "Netlogon" share on a Windows 2003 server is missing. Could you please explain what Netlogon is and how can I restore it?
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Logon script in Active Directory

I am having a weird intermittent issue for only some users. I have a logon script that maps shared drives and issues a diisclaimer everytime the user logs on to a machine. The problem lately is that the logon script will not run for the user so we…
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