client machines logging on to the wrong server 2003

I have one domain, 38 sites. One server 2003 dc for each
site except the main site (hq) with 3 servers.

The problem is log on and the scripts running from the
wrong servers, thus not the server in the site they log on
to. Sites is set up and repl with the one dc in the hq
site. And the one server in the hq site repl with each
server in the other sites.

What do I do to force the client to log on to the server
for his site.

tried the \\%servername%\script no go?

Check which DNS server is in use and whether the sites servers hold a global
catalog role.
Run
netdiag /debug (or v(erbose)) /test:dclist
and
netdiag /debug /test:dsgetdc

Other tests syntax is available through 'netdiag /?'.

This doesn't help? All the dc are Global Gatelogs thus one
per site. So they still skip there site and run from other
sites?


>-----Original Message-----
>Check which DNS server is in use and whether the sites
servers hold a global
>catalog role.
>Run
>netdiag /debug (or v(erbose)) /test:dclist
>and
>netdiag /debug /test:dsgetdc
>
>Other tests syntax is available through 'netdiag /?'.
>
>
>.
>

"daniel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<fcf401c43e88$f1f3af10$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> I have one domain, 38 sites. One server 2003 dc for each
> site except the main site (hq) with 3 servers.
>
> The problem is log on and the scripts running from the
> wrong servers, thus not the server in the site they log on
> to. Sites is set up and repl with the one dc in the hq
> site. And the one server in the hq site repl with each
> server in the other sites.

Make sure that all 38 sites are mapped correctly to the
right subnets. Make sure that your DCs are associated with
the sites that reflect their subnets. If a DC was brought
on-line before its site was created in AD, it will be
placed in the Default-First-Site-Name and will need to be
moved manually. This can also happen if a DC was brought
up on one subnet, then physically moved to another.

Are your logon scripts set up on GPOs assciated with
individual sites? Not at the domain or OU level?
Remember that Domain and OU scripts will run after
scripts associated with a site and potentially overwrite
anything done with the site script(s).

--
Matt Hickman
...the People operate out where the pickings are rich,
police protection non-existent, and a man can dicker without
being hampered by finicky regulations.
- Robert A. Heinlein _Citizen of the Galaxy_

Are the sites in their own subnets?

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d..._topo_xkph.asp
Functions for Sites in Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;306602
How to Optimize the Location of a Domain Controller or Global Catalog That
Resides Outside of a Client's Site

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d..._topo_wbyg.asp
Creating a Site Design