SMS: Login Script Support (Bootstrap) Files Not Copied After Applying SP1 (242477)

SYMPTOMS

In Systems Management Server (SMS) 2.0, if you do not select the Modify user logon scripts option, SMS Windows NT Logon Server Manager still copies all of the files in the primary domain controller's Repl$\Scripts (Repl\Export\Scripts) folder to the Netlogon share (Repl\Import\Scripts) on every backup domain controller (BDC) in the domain.

In SMS 2.0 Service Pack 1 (SP1), this functionality is changed. If the Modify user logon scripts option is not selected, no files are copied. This change in functionality is outlined in the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

225514 SMS: NT Logon Server Manager Replicates Files When It Should Not

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Systems Management Server version 2.0. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

236325 How to Obtain the Latest Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, use any of the following methods:

Use Microsoft Windows NT Directory Replication to replicate the Bootstrap files.
Manually copy the Bootstrap files.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 2.0 This problem was first corrected in Systems Management Server version 2.0 Service Pack 2..

MORE INFORMATION

To install the hotfix, follow these steps on the SMS site server:

Stop the SMS Executive and SMS Site Component Manager services.
Replace the Nt_logon.dll and Ntlg_rem.exe files in the Sms_root\Bin\Platform folder with the versions from the hotfix.
Restart the SMS Executive and SMS Site Component Manager services.

NOTE: With the hotfix installed, SMS copies all of the files listed in the Mastercfg.mcf file from the Export\Scripts folder on the primary domain controller (PDC) to the Import\Scripts folder on all domain controllers, regardless of the Modify user logon scripts setting in the Client Installation or Discovery Method dialog boxes.