GPO fail to open

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.group_policy (More info?)

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.

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.group_policy (More info?)

Hi,

microsoft schrieb:
> 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/details.aspx?FamilyID=b5b685ae-b7dd-4bb5-ab2a-976d6873129d&DisplayLang=en

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

HTH
Mark
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[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.group_policy (More info?)

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/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/ServerHelp/48872034-1907-4149-b6aa-9788d38209d2.mspx

br,
Denis

"microsoft" <microsoft@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:780100C4-7780-40B0-9E79-E367746CD7ED@microsoft.com...
> 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.