How to select desired logon server in multi BDC network?

[AllenKass]

I know you can select a "preferred server" in Netware but I do not know how to do the same for a NT Workstation on a NT 4.0 network.
We have a PDC and several BDCs in our network. How can I select a specific logon server? I would like to know this mainly for testing reasons when someone has a logon problem.
If someone knows how or if you can point me in the right direction it would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Allen

allen@allenkass.com

 

[nevgress]

Only run net logon service on one controller...stop - turn off on other controllers... I do this when testing profiles

 

[Voyager1]

There is no way to specify which domain controller responds to client login requests. Stopping the Netlogon service on the other ones will disable those for all clients - probably not a good idea.

You can, however, find out easily which DC has authenticated a user by going to "Administrative Tools" and running "Windows NT Diagnostics". On the "Network" tab you'll see an entry for "Login Server" which identifies which domain controller authenticated the current user.

No preferred server in NT...

 

[AllenKass]

Thanks to nevgress and Voyager1 for the replies.