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Gan Seng Leng 1 Reputation point
Apr 27, 2021, 8:28 AM

hi,

this may be a newbie questions but in our environment, we have a Parent-Child Domain setup.

Want to ask, when logged in a member server in the parent domain, was trying to add child domain users accounts to local administrator group but i cannot search the users under the child domain but can find in the Entire Directory. Is this a issue with my setup or it the normal behavior when searching account in other domain?
Was trying to add Parent domain user accounts in child domain member server but also can only search under Entire Directory.

Thanks

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  1. Fan Fan 15,361 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    Apr 28, 2021, 2:42 AM

    Hi,
    I'm not sure i understand you clearly.
    If possible, you can share some screenshots here!
    Feel free to let me know if there are any misunderstanding.
    Here is my test lab:
    Parent domain: fan.local user: f1 domain member: client
    Child domain: cd.fan.local user: c1
    When logon to client in parent domain and add C1 from the child domain into the local administrators on client, i can only search the C1 from the child domain:
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    Feel free to let me know if there are any misunderstanding.
    Best Regards,

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  2. Gan Seng Leng 1 Reputation point
    Apr 30, 2021, 9:05 AM

    hi,

    sorry i didnt make it clear.

    my child domain: test1.test.local, user: user1
    Parent domain: test.local, user: user

    When in a parent domain member server, i search for user1 under Location "test1.test.local" but cannot find the user. When i search under " Entire Directory", i can find the user1@test1 .test.local.

    Is it a normal behavior? or i should be able to search under : test1.test.local??

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  3. Fan Fan 15,361 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    May 3, 2021, 6:57 AM

    Hi,
    I don't know if i understand you rightly, would you please share a screenshot here?
    If you mean research the users through the ADUC as following, you can find all the objects no matter from parent domain or the child domain under Entire Directory", if there is an available GC in you parent and child domain.
    Parent domain: fan.local user: f1
    Child domain: cd.fan.local user: c1
    So, you can find the user objects under test.local and Entire Directory;
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    You can find the user1 under test1.test.local and Entire Directory.
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    Best Regards,

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