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Can't open Domain Controller Security Policy
When I try to open the domain controller security snap-in on my ws2k3 machine, I receive an error stating: "Group Policy Error: Failed to open GPO. You may not have apprpopriate rights. Details: A referral was returned from the server."
I am attempting to access through the link under administrative tools using the administrator account.
What might cause this problem?
I am attempting to access through the link under administrative tools using the administrator account.
What might cause this problem?
Windows Server 2003Active Directory
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kb5sej
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I'll take a look at the article referenced. WS2K3 service pack 1 and GPMC v. 1.02; however, the GPMC does not show the domain SECURITY policy or the domain controller SECURITY policy.
I know there was group policy issues with GPMC ver 1 not the 1.02 (SP1), hope the doc helps.
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I have solved the problem on my own. For all interested parties, the problem was related to an incorrect reference on the link I was using to access the specified policy. It was referrring to the previous name of the domain (...DC=mydomain, DC=local) that had since been changed (...DC=mydomain, DC=com). Once I changed the text, everything worked again. Thanks for trying though.
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Hopefully this will help someone else since the actual answer wasnt listed above. Right click on the link (usually in Adminsitrative Tools), go to properties, change the target to be the correct domain name. Thanks for the fix I had renamed the single level name from domain to domain.local.
What service pack is the OS and the GPMC?