Can't add Child domain admin to enterprise admin group.

[BitBucket]

Hello all we have 5 physical locations linked with site to site t1's. We
have a parent domain at the main facility and 4 child domains at the rest of
the locations. All servers are running win2k. I cannot add the domain
admin of the child domains to the enterprise admins group on the root DC.
When I go to ADU&C and scroll to the enterprise admins group I can select
the child domains from the drop down arrow, but it tells mee that no objects
are found in this location. I am running in mixed mode. Do i need to
switch to native mode? Replication is working and I can select any users
from any of the domains when I am setting permissions etc. So i know the
root DC is seeing everything.

What am i doing wrong?

Thanks!

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
Hello all we have 5 physical locations linked with site to site t1's. We
have a parent domain at the main facility and 4 child domains at the rest of
the locations. All servers are running win2k. I cannot add the domain
admin of the child domains to the enterprise admins group on the root DC.
When I go to ADU&C and scroll to the enterprise admins group I can select
the child domains from the drop down arrow, but it tells mee that no objects
are found in this location. I am running in mixed mode. Do i need to
switch to native mode? Replication is working and I can select any users
from any of the domains when I am setting permissions etc. So i know the
root DC is seeing everything.

Check DNS registrations and DNS settings on your DC's,
then verify your trusts. you are seeing the user objects
from your GC, but remeber, they are read only and
replication must be working correctly for update to take
place.

 

[David Fisher [MSFT]]

Hello.

You are correct--you need to switch the root domain into native mode. While
in mixed mode, the Enterprise Admins security group is a Global group and
can only contain members that exist in the root domain.

See this article for more information:
264302 Error Message: No Objects Are Available in This Location
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=264302

Best Regards,
David Fisher
Enterprise Platform Support