Great article... thanks... -sc
> -----Original Message----- > From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] > Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2012 5:30 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary > domain failed. Finally answered as only joe could > > Thanks for the links I will read up on Monday, good old Joe, always got the > 411 on AD stuff.. > Z > > Edward Ziots > CISSP, Security +, Network + > Security Engineer > Lifespan Organization > ezi...@lifespan.org > > -----Original Message----- > From: Free, Bob [mailto:r...@pge.com] > Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 12:52 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary > domain failed. Finally answered as only joe could > > If you know joe, you know he often goes to extraordinary lengths to get to the > bottom of things. I know many have struggled with this at various times since > the NT days. > > This is a perfect example of the explanation- > > http://blog.joeware.net/2012/06/05/2508/ > > And the resultant tool - MachinePwd > > http://blog.joeware.net/2012/06/07/2513/ > > Thanks joe! You make us look good once again :-] > > <paste> > > Quick Summary of what most people will use it for? > 1.You see a message on a member machine (workstation or server) that says > "The Trust Relationship between this workstation and the primary domain > failed.". > 2.You log onto the machine with administrator credentials (either local or > cached as specified by DaveS in the previous post) 3.You have someone reset > the machine account in Active Directory, this can be done via ADUC or if you > look at the usage for MachinePwd it will show you how to do it with adfind and > admod. Whatever you do, just get the password on the machine account set to > the lowercase version of its name. I.E. A machine that was named LIVEHAPPY > should have the password set to livehappy. > 4.Open an administrator privilege command prompt (i.e. if using UAC you > must do RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR) 5.Run the machinepwd utility with the fix > switch... Ex: machinepwd /fix 6.You should be fixed. > > <./paste> > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt- > software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
