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Error 1069 logon failure on clean installation exch 5.5

I have an exch 5.5 server running in a mixed environment on win2k sp4. My system attendant service will not start under my domain service account or domain admin account. I have place the machine in its own OU and given logon as service rights to all my service accounts, reinstalled exchange underthose service accounts but still the SA service refuses to start. Matter of fact I can only get the reinstallation to complete with setup /r. BTW, The service will start under the local system account, but that does me know good because i will not be able to restore Dir.edb. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated

Exchange_Admin

Is the Exchange service account a member of the Local Administrators group on the server where Exchange will be installed?
If not then add it and try to install Exchange normally (not using SETUP /R).

Hope this helps.

dedjaran

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I had a suspicion that the OS was the problem, not exchange. So i reinstalled Win2k applied the service packs installed exchange applied the service packs and then restored my database. The IS starts and the directory is populated now my MTA refuses to start. I have copied Bootenv directory to the MTADatat directory, checked all the attributes, ran MTAcheck /v, applied maximum logging. In the logs one error stands out:

Event Type:      Error
Event Source:      MSExchangeMTA
Event Category:      Directory Access
Event ID:      137
Date:            9/21/2004
Time:            2:55:52 PM
User:            N/A
Computer:      EXCH-55-IBM
Description:
A fatal directory error occurred. Change to the maximum logging level for more details. [MTA MAIN BASE 1 15] (16)

i have no clue on how to fix this error

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dedjaran

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i ENDED UP REINSTALLING WIN2K. I am unsure why it the os broke but it did. Afterwards I did a restore of the exchange information. One note, since i did have an established exchange infrastructure i could restablish the server in the site and do an isinteg -patch and run IS/DS utilility to get the directory repopulated. Prior to doing this check your Active directory connector cause it will cause your mailbox permissions to awry. Also be sure to keep a copy of your dir.edb saves a lot of time.