GPO fail to open

[Guest]

Hi,

I have a domain controller (W2K) with active diretory and SP4 installed on
it. I would like to edit the domain controller security policies.

Recenly I installed microsoft exchange server 2003 on the same domain
controller. After doing so I am not able to get access to the domain
controller security policies and not even to the domain security policies.

While I try to open it, it says " Failed to open the group policy object.
You may not have appropriate rights." though I login as administrator
privilage.

I have navigated to the C:\Winnt\Sysvol\sysvol\<domain>\ however the
policies folder and other folders are MISSING.

No errors are being logged in the Event Viewer.

How can I resolve this issue.

I ran the gpotool from the windows 2000 resource kit and got the following
responses.

C:\Program Files\Resource Kit>gpotool /verbose
Domain: DGM-DOM
Validating DCs...
server1.DGM-DOM: down (sysvol only)
server2.DGM-DOM: down (sysvol only)
Error: DC list is empty

What does this information mean.
Need help on this urgently.

 

[Denis Wong @ Hong Kong]

Hi,

If you are sure your policies are gone, then you can try to use dcgpofix to
restore to the original state.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...elp/48872034-1907-4149-b6aa-9788d38209d2.mspx

br,
Denis

 

[Mark Heitbrink [MVP]]

Hi,

I have navigated to the C:\Winnt\Sysvol\sysvol\<domain>\ however the
policies folder and other folders are MISSING.

If there is no secound DC, you should try to restore the Policies
manually.

recreatedefpol.exe is the easiest way.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...ae-b7dd-4bb5-ab2a-976d6873129d&DisplayLang=en

to do it manually:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=226243
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=267553

HTH
Mark