Machine Account Authentication

[Kevin]

We have serveral domain controllers in our active
directory. When a server re-boots we would like to be
ablt to tell which domain controller the machine account
authenticated with programmatically. Does anyone know how
to to this? Thanks.

 

[Chriss3]

Hello I'm unsure about what you want to do.

%LOGONSERVER% return the value of which DC the local client authenticated
to.

There is no such thing like Home Server within a Active Directory Domain.
You have to work with sites to control which DC clients will authenticate
to.

Step-by-Step Guide to Active Directory Sites and Services:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/planning/activedirectory/adsites.asp

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[Moreno]

Yes,

the best way is to create different sites and to place a
Global Catalog server for each site.

Moreno.

 

[Joe Richards [MVP]]

Hmmm... About the best I can think of is to check to see where your secure
channel is connected to OR look for the default LDAP server for the given
machine. I would start with the netgetdc netgetanydc functions.