Native Mode DC

[Guest]

I'm running a W2K SP4 server as a DC and I also have another W2K SP4 server that's my BDC. My domain is running in mixed-mode and I would like to change it to native-mode so that I can "see" the domain-local groups from my W2K member servers. I know that I cannot change it back and that any NT based BDC will not be able to replicate. My question is will this change deny a NT4 based PC from logging into my domain

Thanks.

 

[Danny Sanders]

No.


The switch to native mode ONLY affects replication with NT 4.0 BDCs in the
same domain.

It has no affect on clients.


hth
DDS W 2k MVP MCSE

I'm running a W2K SP4 server as a DC and I also have another W2K SP4

server that's my BDC. My domain is running in mixed-mode and I would like
to change it to native-mode so that I can "see" the domain-local groups from
my W2K member servers. I know that I cannot change it back and that any NT
based BDC will not be able to replicate. My question is will this change
deny a NT4 based PC from logging into my domain?

 

[Gerry Voras]

It has no effect on an NT4 client as long as SP5 or higher is installed.