How to locate the authoritive domain controller

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Bill

I got a call from some folks in our dev department stating that
computers in this particular dev domain can not authenticate with each
other.

When I checked out the computer which I beleved was the domain
controller here is what I found:

Lets call the domain devdom.com

1. the server had the domain in dns and tcp/ip was pointed to itself
but it contained none of the AD entries ie _msdcs etc.

2. when I ran dcpromo it was not a DC

3. it was a member server of devdom.com

My suspicion is that someone demoted this server, but I cant explain
how it is still a member of devdom.com

I am hoping someone can give me a suggestion on how I can check for
other domain controllers on the subnet, prior to repromoting this
server.

any suggestions welcome

Thanks,

Bill
 
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