Enabling the Sysvol Share on a Windows DC
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Introduction
When you join Windows Server as a domain controller (DC), Windows tries to replicate the content of the Sysvol
share from an existing DC. Because Samba currently does not support the DFS-R protocol, the content is not replicated and therefore Windows does not enable the Sysvol
share.
This documentation describes how to enable the share manually after you joined the DC to the domain. However, this procedure does not enable Sysvol replication. For a replication workaround between Samba and Windows DCs, see Robocopy-based Sysvol Replication.
- Log in to the Windows DC using a domain administrator account.
- Open
\\windows_server_name\
.
If the Sysvol
share exists, it is displayed in the list of shares on this server.
To enable the Sysvol
share:
- Log in to the Windows DC using a domain administrator account.
- Save the following content as plain text in a file named, for example,
Win-Create-Sysvol-Share.reg
:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netlogon\Parameters] "SysvolReady"=dword:00000001
Use a text editor that stores files in plain text, such as Editor
orNotepad
.
- Double-click the file to import the setting to the Windows registry.
- Reboot the server to take the changes effect.