Hi, just configured DFS between 2 windows 2008 R2 servers. both members of the domain. when trying to right click one of them and choosing "Make Read Only" i only have the option available for one of them. (the one which i don't want to be read only..) can anyone tell me why is that? Thank You Gil

What are you trying to set as Read Only exactly, can you show a screenshot of where you are stuck? What is the reason behind trying to change this setting?

At the membership tab - i'm trying to set one of the members as read-only. below is screenshot:

Can you disable it using the commandline tools, here is an article that discusses how to execute the correct command: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd759239.aspx

Hi, Thanks for your posting. Form the picture your provided, you can set read-only at the second member. So do you mean you want to configure read-only at the first member? Maybe the first member is set as primary replication member; replicated folder cannot configured to be read-only on primary member. This is because authoritative copy of data must reside on a read-write member. Seems you can use Dfsradmin command to specify a primary member for a replicated folder after replication is complete, DFS Replication does designate the server as a primary member in Active Directory Domain Services. Essentially, the server becomes a rouge primary server, which can cause conflicts. For this reason, specify the primary member manually only if you are certain that the initial replication has irretrievably failed. So I think if you can re-configure DFSR, then configure the second server as primary member. For more information please refer to following MS articles: Configuring a read-only replicated folder on Windows Server 2008 R2. http://blogs.technet.com/b/filecab/archive/2009/04/01/configuring-a-read-only-replicated-folder.aspx Read-only replicated folders on Windows Server 2008 R2 http://blogs.technet.com/b/filecab/archive/2009/01/21/read-only-replicated-folders-on-windows-server-2008-r2.aspx DFS Replication: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc773238(v=ws.10).aspx#BKMK_045Lawrence TechNet Community Support

Than you for yor reply. Yes, i meant that i want to configure read-only at the first member..