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Q163814: Directory Replication Errors 3208 and 3216 on an NTFS Partition

Article: Q163814
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): WINNT:3.5 3.51 4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 10-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 3.51, 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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If you set up a computer running Windows NT Server to export to itself using the
Directory Replicator service on an NTFS partition, you receive the following
errors:

  Event 3208 "The replication service could not update directory tmptree.rp$
  from source on %3 due to error 183"

  Event 3216 "The system error 5 occurred"

However, if you replicate to a FAT partition, the errors do not occur.

CAUSE
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The errors may result from corruption in the NTFS permissions assigned to the
export files.

RESOLUTION
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To resolve this problem, perform the following steps:

1. Stop replication and copy the export files from the NTFS partition to a FAT
  partition.

2. Delete the export files on the NTFS partition.

3. Replace those files with the files you copied to the FAT partition.

NOTE: Copying the files from an NTFS partition to a FAT partition removes the
NTFS-specific attributes. You will also need to delete the Tmptree.rp$ directory
created in the import directory.

After this procedure is complete, replication should proceed normally.

Additional query words: replicater
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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNT351search kbWinNT350search kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400 kbWinNTS351 kbWinNTS350 kbWinNTS351search kbWinNTS350search
Version           : WINNT:3.5 3.51 4.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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