Removing FPNW from a PDC Causes Loss of Netware Compatible Login

ID: Q164354

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.51, 4.0
  • Microsoft Services for NetWare versions 3.51, 4.0

SUMMARY

If File and Print Services for NetWare (FPNW) is installed on a primary domain controller (PDC) and must be removed and reinstalled, the NetWare Compatible Login properties of all such domain users will be lost unless a backup domain controller (BDC) is present in the domain.


MORE INFORMATION

To avoid losing those properties, perform the following steps:

  1. Verify that a BDC exists in the domain, and that it has FPNW installed.


  2. Before removing FPNW from the PDC, temporarily promote the BDC to a PDC to retain the user properties.


  3. After FPNW has been successfully removed and reinstalled on the BDC (the former PDC), promote it back to PDC.


For more information, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: Q150540
TITLE : FPNW on Domain Must Be Installed on PDC

Additional query words: prodnt

Keywords : kbnetwork ntdomain NTSrv
Version : WINNT:3.51 4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbinfo


Last Reviewed: February 9, 1999
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