Troubleshooting; Sysvol; Sysvolsync Utility - Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2.0 SP2 - DOMAIN SERVICE FOR WINDOWS Manual

14.2.4 Troubleshooting

If you receive a message indicating that the computer configuration or user configuration is not
applicable, do one of the following:
Verify that
winbindd
returns the information for the local users and the domain users.
If you are using the
domain user name.
Check the Samba log files in

14.3 Sysvol

Section 14.3.1, "sysvolsync Utility," on page 151
The System Volume (Sysvol) is a shared directory that stores the server copy of the domain's public
files that must be shared for common access and replication throughout a domain. The
corresponds to the
/var/opt/novell/xad/sysvol/sysvol
The Group Policy Template of the default domain policy GPO is stored in the
xad/sysvol/sysvol/<domain name>/Policies/{31B2F340-016D-11D2-945F-
directory.
00C04FB984F9}
A Group Policy Template contains the following information:
Template-based administrative policies
Security settings
Script files
Information for the applications that are available for Group Policy software installation.
Beginning OES 2 SP2, the
the domain. This enhancement resolves the performance and scalability limitations arising from the
initial design of having the
Following are the benefits of having the
Reduces the load on each domain controller as now during user login or workstation bootup,
policies can be read from any domain controller as each domain controller holds a copy of
SYSVOL.
Provides fault tolerance in form of backup domain controllers providing seamless transition
from the first domain controller, in event of failure.
The synchronization of data between the domain controllers is handled by
During the DSfW installation a crontab entry is added for
changes on the domain controller playing the role of a PDC emulator with the other domain
controllers in the domain. The synchronization by default happens every half an hour.For more
details on the
sysvolsync

14.3.1 sysvolsync Utility

The utility is introduced to provide synchronization of
sysvolsync
policies between the domain controllers of a domain.
is running and functional. The
utility in the DSfW environment, substitute the
getent
/var/log/samba
volume of a domain is now stored on each domain controller of
SYSVOL
volume only on the first domain controller.
SYSVOL
volume on every domain controller:
SYSVOL
utility see, Section 14.3.1, "sysvolsync Utility," on page 151
getent passwd <username>
for any errors.
directory on the domain controller.
sysvolsync
that synchronizes the
sysvolsync
and the underlying
sysvol
Managing Group Policy Settings 151
command
with the
username
Sysvol
/var/opt/novell/
utility.