RE: Time Sync to outside NTP server in NT4
W32Time See the following: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/?File=TimeSync.TXT - ASB -Original Message- From: Jesse Rink [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 12:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Time Sync to outside NTP server in NT4 I know I can get my NT workstation to sync time with my PDC or other server when specified through a logon script... How do I get my PDC to sync with a NTP server outside my network? Using NET TIME only seems to allow netbios names for the destination computer and not FQDNs. Any idea? Thanks Want to unsub? Do that here: http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=unsub Need a good FAQ? Try this one first: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/
RE: What to backup on W2K?
It depends on what you'd like to be able to recover. - ASB -Original Message- From: Stephen Chiang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 1:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: What to backup on W2K? If I back up the system state data in Windows 2000, do I need to also backup the WINNT directory? Want to unsub? Do that here: http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=unsub Need a good FAQ? Try this one first: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/ Want to unsub? Do that here: http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=unsub Need a good FAQ? Try this one first: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/
RE: network share permissions
RMTSHARE or Security Explorer http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/?File=Perms.TXT - ASB -Original Message- From: Troy Rambo /278 Systems Specialist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 4:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: network share permissions Is there a utility that will allow me to show all the permissions on Network shares for NT4 server so I can print them out, or save them to a text file? Thanks Troy Rambo Systems Specialist CERAC Inc. 414-212-0278 Want to unsub? Do that here: http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=unsub Need a good FAQ? Try this one first: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/
RE: WIN 2K Server Upgrade
You should resync the domain before proceeding, to say nothing of having a good backup. See the following: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/?File=ADUpgrade.TXT - ASB -Original Message- From: Paul O'Brien [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 7:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: WIN 2K Server Upgrade Hoping you can help! I currently have five servers - One PDC and four BDC's Ideally I would like to upgrade them all to windows 2000, so I can make use of VPN features. When I tried to upgrade my PDC, It told me I could not do this because the BDC's were not upgraded. When I tried to upgrade the BDC's, I was told that the PDC was not upgraded. Can someone outline the best way to go about doing this?? Thanks Paul O'Brien Information Technology Manager Dixon Webb 35 White Friars Chester Cheshire CH1 1QF Telephone 01244 404142 Facsimile 01244 404141 Direct Line 01244 404121 Mobile 07971 143557 Want to unsub? Do that here: http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=unsub Need a good FAQ? Try this one first: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/
RE: Batch file to NT Service
AUTOEXNT See the following: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/?File=MyService.TXT - ASB -Original Message-From: Jolley Lee @Consult [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 10:31 AMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: Batch file to NT Service Does anybody know how I can take a batch file and make it a service. I've heard it is possible to make an executable into a service with some registry chnges but I don't know anymore than that. Any help would be appreciated. TIA Lee Want to unsub? Do that here: http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=unsub Need a good FAQ? Try this one first: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/
RE: Scheduling NT Server Reboots
for reliability, divide work among servers, don't use version 1.0 of apps, don't use even numbered service packs, don't run 16 bit apps on servers (or dedicate a box). I take it you're considering SP6a an odd numbered SP? The only really bad even-numbered SP was SP2 for NT4. Some folks commented about SP4 for NT4, but I didn't have problems with it. Even SP6 had only one side effect, and it was very limited. - ASB -Original Message- From: Miley, Dan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 11:44 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Scheduling NT Server Reboots It's always the applications that cause the most problems. The boxes I have with just services (file/print, exchange, wins, dns, etc) seem the most reliable. put a 3rd party app on there, reboot time. (or at least stop/restart service). sql server up since 11/4/00 I had a pdc that I replaced after being up 2 years when we had to replace the UPS in the datacenter. Then again, I've got print servers that I reboot almost weekly, and a CD tower machine that has a scheduled reboot Sunday@ midnight cause of crappy drivers. for reliability, divide work among servers, don't use version 1.0 of apps, don't use even numbered service packs, don't run 16 bit apps on servers (or dedicate a box). anyone else have reliability tricks to share? Dan -Original Message- From: Matthew Oppermann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 1:28 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Scheduling NT Server Reboots I have been looking around, hoping to find a way to do automatic reboots to an NT server. I heard there was a reboot program on the NT Resource Kit, and after purchasing it found out that the particular program has to be manually run and activated, but it does reboot any manchine on the network. How can I force the reboot of a server at say 10:00 pm every weekday night? Matthew Oppermann Systems Admin Symbiotics, Inc. Want to unsub? Do that here: http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=unsub Need a good FAQ? Try this one first: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/
RE: Scheduling NT Server Reboots
Have you considered merely restarting SQL and the DTC service rather than a full reboot? - ASB -Original Message- From: Matthew Oppermann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 6:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Scheduling NT Server Reboots Well...if you'd like the skinny, here it is. We run a Win NT 4.0 BackOffice Server w/ sp6a. The database package (which runs on top of SQL Server 7.0) which we use contains a service that doesn't like sp6a. The developer of the software has confirmed this and unfortuantely the patch was applied before I began employment here. We have been planning an eventual upgrade of the software which is supposed to fix this problem, but for now the easiest way to circumvent the particular DCOM registration timeout is to reboot the server nightly. Uninstalling sp6a is not an option because it doesn't uninstalled cleanly. I have attempted to run down the bug, and I followed the service ID string into the registry. That's when I found out that the developers service was not registering itself into DCOM. Called the software companyetc, etc. I was ready to rip my hair out for a while trying to diagnose this problem, but when the developer told me it's a bug my hair got to stay. The system's DCOM seems to have a timeout value of about 1 1/2 days. So I have resigned myself to this course of action and manually remote reboot the system every night. Matthew Oppermann Systems Admin Symbiotics, Inc. -Original Message- From: Kevin Lundy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 11:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Scheduling NT Server Reboots the bigger question is WHY do you feel you need to reboot every night? Attack that problem rather than applying a bandaid. That said, you can use the scheduler to schedule the program. Type at /? at a command prompt. If I'm not mistaken, the reskit also has a GUI front end to the scheduler. Or if you have an APC UPS, it has an ability to reboot servers on a schedule. -Original Message- From: Matthew Oppermann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 1:28 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Scheduling NT Server Reboots I have been looking around, hoping to find a way to do automatic reboots to an NT server. I heard there was a reboot program on the NT Resource Kit, and after purchasing it found out that the particular program has to be manually run and activated, but it does reboot any manchine on the network. How can I force the reboot of a server at say 10:00 pm every weekday night? Matthew Oppermann Systems Admin Symbiotics, Inc. Want to unsub? Do that here: http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=unsub Need a good FAQ? Try this one first: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/
RE: Scripting question
See the following: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/?File=Scripting.TXT - ASB -Original Message-From: Don Collier (Intermap Denver) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 6:39 PMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: Scripting question I am a Unix guy by nature. A few months ago I got this position which is administering a mixed network of Solaris and Windows. I have been reading several emails from this list about scripting things to make life easier. I have been looking all over the net to find tutorials on scripting and stuff like that, but all I have found is VB stuff. Anyone know of some sites to get some info about basic scripting at the command line? Also I would like to say that this list has been a great help in the past week or so. Thanks for all of the help. _Don CollierNetwork AdministratorIntermap Technologies Inc.Voice: 303-708-0955 x-207Fax: 303-708-0952[EMAIL PROTECTED]www.intermaptechnologies.com Want to unsub? Do that here: http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=unsub Need a good FAQ? Try this one first: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/
RE: Task Scheduler
You can look at Visual Dialog Script. http://www.dialogscript.com/en/ - ASB -Original Message- From: Krueger, Aaron G. - Lonesome [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 10:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Task Scheduler Importance: High Is anyone aware of a way to turn a simple script (.cmd / .bat) into a coded .exe? Let me give some background. I have several scripts I need to schedule to run on a system that has the console locked. Using WinAT/Scheduler I can get the script to run and process just fine. Now, in my script I am making a call to map to d$ on one of my servers, which probably isn't the greatest idea, but that's just the way it is at the moment. If the console is not locked, this script goes off without a hitch, but when the console is locked (which I need it to be) the script pauses, waiting for the password to access the d$ share as administrator (I assume)...what gives? I was thinking I could just pass the authentication information via the .cmd file if I could code it as an executable, I just don't want the login/pass sitting out there in plain text. The coded .exe would give me some sort of warm fuzzy and at least allow me to move on to more pressing issues... TIA! Aaron G. Krueger Sr. Network Analyst Want to unsub? Do that here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=ntsysadmintext_mode=0lang=english
RE: Simple Way to Move Workgroup Profile to Domain
See the following: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/?File=CopyProfile.TXT - ASB -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 10:41 AMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: Simple Way to Move Workgroup Profile to Domain I am about to move several NT4.0 workstation users from workgoups to a domain. Is there a simple way to change their workgroup profile to a domain profile? Charles L. WeaverComputer ResourcesTroy State University Montgomeryhttp://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: NIMDA cleanup questions...
The Symantec and TrendMicro stand-alone tools are very effective at getting rid of the virus and the bulk of its effects... - ASB -Original Message- From: TDI Custom Computers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 11:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: NIMDA cleanup questions... Can you kill them from a DOS box, or DOS boot, or boot disk? Mike - Original Message - From: Eric Brouwer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 9:32 AM Subject: NIMDA cleanup questions... I know half the camp says the only way to recover from NIMDA is to do a fresh install, but I can't right now. I will soon though. In the mean time... I am 90% done with cleaning my IIS server. I have it back on the network, but I am blocking all traffic to and from it at the firewall. As I check the logs, the IIS server is not trying to port scan other IP's. When I do my virus scan however, there are 60 .htm files that say they are infected, but can not be cleaned or deleted. When I try to manually delete them, it says access denied. I do have full admin rights on the machine, and I am doing it locally. I can not set the security to full access for the admin on these files either. Is there another brute force method I can try to get rid of them? When I edit the files, they look fine. I did not see the text referring to readme.eml. Eric http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: Remote control (was) RE: How do you all do it?
Title: Remote control (was) RE: How do you all do it? See the following: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/?File=RemoteCtrl.TXT - ASB -Original Message-From: Blake R. Fowkes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 8:52 AMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: Remote control (was) RE: How do you all do it? What is everyone using for remote control? I am currently using WinVNC and find that it can be quite sluggish at times. Is there something out there that is either quite inexpensive or free like VNC that has better speed? Thanks, Blake Fowkes Waid and Associates -Original Message- From: Kelly Borndale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 5:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: How do you all do it? We're good. And we have remote control packages installed on our clients and servers so that we don't have to walk to the machine. -K - Original Message - From: "Don Collier (Intermap Denver)" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "NT System Admin Issues" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 6:02 PM Subject: How do you all do it? I just joined this list today and am overwhelmed with email. Almost 200 messages today. How do you all keep up with this list and get any work done? (Not meant to imply anything) _ Don Collier Network Administrator Intermap Technologies Inc. Voice: 303-708-0955 x-207 Fax: 303-708-0952 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.intermaptechnologies.com http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: strike back at malicious attackers.
Hmmm... I'm going to take a peak at this. - ASB -Original Message- From: c.e. gene connor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 6:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: strike back at malicious attackers. http://www.hackbusters.net/LaBrea/ LaBrea is a small Linux-based application that puts unused IP addresses on your network to use, creating a tarpit which can stop or slow down scans of your address space... LaBrea works as a low-level network application that creates virtual machines on your network - machines that don't really exist yet are able to answer connection attempts in a special way that slows and even stops the connecting process... --- http://www.wired.com/news/lycos/0%2C1306%2C46964%2C00.html Gene C. aka C.E. Gene Connor Gene's Custom PC Service since 1989 Serving the U.S., Canada London,England http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: What replaces boot.ini in windows 2000?
Title: Win2K looping upon bootup There is still BOOT.INI It is easiest to find it at the command line. DIR C:\BOOT.INI /A http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/?File=BootINI.TXT - ASB -Original Message-From: Derrenbacker, L. Jonathan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 11:50 AMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: What replaces boot.ini in windows 2000? What replaces boot.ini in windows 2000? I've loaded 2 copies of windows 2000 onto a server, and I want to be able to have different names for the operating systems when it boots up. http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: The idiocy continues!
I'm in NYC right now. You cannot sacrifice ANY liberty in the name of security, as you will not end up with either one. We will have lost to the terrorists if we turn into a Police State, all in the name of security. - ASB -Original Message- From: Benjamin Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 11:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: The idiocy continues! On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, Wendell Cotton wrote: Benjamin Franklin said at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, those who are willing to sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither. Not that I disagree, but try telling that to the people in New York right about now... -- Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: WAKE UP!!!!
Please, explain to the families of those missing or dead why we should not give up any liberty in exchange for security; They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -- Benjamin Franklin Please explain what SECURITY measures should have been taken on the morning of the 11th that would have prevented the tragedy... - ASB -Original Message- From: PITNEY,LDENISE (A-Sonoma,ex1) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 2:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: WAKE UP A friend of mine who just had a baby told me You know they only call it morning sickness. It actually lasts all day. It's kinda like 'free'dom, it's not really free that's just what it's called. Econ 200 Professor Wells, The University of Arizona in Tucson --There is no such thing as a free lunch, ..and if you say love...we know you're a freshman. The 'free'dom we've had all these years has never been FREE!! Ask anyone whose served during a war -- personally our 'free'dom has cost me an uncle (whom I never met), a father who still can't watch war movies and has skin problems because of agent orange, another uncle who is slightly off, and let's not forget about taxes; 'free'dom costs me more than 30% a year. You can_not_have_it_all. It is as simple as supply and demand -- in your personal life, can you spend all of the money you work for on any whimsical idea that pops into your head? No, because you will be less; homeless, clothes-less, penniless but if that is your decision you have the choice to make it so, but you can not have it both ways. As we've learned recently, the 'free'dom we all think is 'free' has cost us around $20billion, (I think that's a low figure too) -- it doesn't include lives either. Please, explain to the families of those missing or dead why we should not give up any liberty in exchange for security; you should be able to find their phone numbers one of the news websites as they were on television last night making desperate pleas for their loved ones. Terrorist came to our country and moved about freely, and have turned our own freedoms against us; but we don't want the FBI to scan email? Claim slippery-slope if you want to, but something, as compared to nothing (what happened on Tuesday) seems like a better option at this point. Don't be confused, it's cost a H*ll of a lot to be free, we just don't calculate the hidden costs. Denise -Original Message- From: Benjamin Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 9:11 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: The idiocy continues! On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, Jolley Lee @Consult wrote: I don't want to sound really stupid here...I live in the UK and i'm not sure what all of the loss of freedom threads are about. Is something happening in the US? Nothing, yet. But there are real, and arugably justifiable, fears that our civil liberties will be sacrificed as a result of these attacks. -- Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: [LIST ADMIN MESSAGE] NY ATTACK
Just to get an idea of how broadly this whole thing has affected us... http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,8811,00.html - ASB -Original Message- From: Sean Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 3:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [LIST ADMIN MESSAGE] NY ATTACK Why is it you feel compelled to complain about the discussion of the worst terrorist attack on the US? No one is stopping you from using this forum for it's original purpose. The list owner has given us permission to discuss this event. Regards, Sean Martin, MCSE Network Administrator Ribelin Lowell Company Insurance Brokers, Inc. 3111 C Street, Suite 300 Anchorage, Alaska 99503 Ph: (907) 561-1250 Fax: (907) 561-4315 Cell: (907) 229-0885 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Wil Willis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 10:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: [LIST ADMIN MESSAGE] NY ATTACK why is it ok to have non technical discussions in this list? I don't think so. wil http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: Airport security (was: The idiocy continues!)
If anything these airports need to be privatized and the security force needs to be trained and made to do their jobs. It's that simple. And what job were they supposed to be doing that they didn't? If you took a poll last week about airplane/airport security, would there have been the same level of outcry? There is often a tendency to over-react in situations like this and suggest that every process in the equation is broken. I am not suggesting that airport security is stellar and could not be improved. However, to my knowledge, there was no particular breach of security that was taken advantage of, for this event. If anything, having an Air Marshall (or two) on board might have had a positive impact. Likewise, denying access to the cockpit would be a good idea. The problem is that everyone wants to be secure, but they don't want to spend any time or money to do it. - ASB - ASB -Original Message- From: Kent Neff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 1:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Airport security (was: The idiocy continues!) Ya gotta be kidding. Most of the airports are managed by local governments and they can't get it right. What makes you think the Feds are able to do it. Where I live (Atlanta), the General Manager is a politcal crony of the Mayor and is an incompetent clown at best. If anything these airports need to be privatized and the security force needs to be trained and made to do their jobs. It's that simple. I work around the airport so I see it all the time. My 2 cents. Regards, Kent Neff From: Benjamin Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: NT System Admin Issues [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Airport security (was: The idiocy continues!) Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 13:13:46 -0400 (EDT) On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, Phillips, Glen wrote: I've noticed that in amongst all the criticism of poor security at Boston airport, no-one has suggested paying the people who operate the metal detector screens and x-ray machines a bit more than what they currently get (which is reported as on a par with someone who flips burgers in a diner). I have seen mentioned several times that the people supposedly guarding air-travel security are minimum wage workers who have not been trained. Many are calling for the government to take over airport security. Myself, I think that makes sense. One of the functions of government is to protect the people, i.e., to establish and maintain a police force. The government already patrols roads, trains, and general property. To me, it makes sense to extend that same protection to air travel. -- Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: WAKE UP!!!!
Title: RE: WAKE UP Granted people could still carry makeshift, non-metal weapons on themselves, but maybe we need a general pat-down as well. I would gladly deal with that extra "hassle" to prevent this sort of thing from happening again. I won't even bother providing an example of how easy it would be to get a ceramic knife aboard a plane EVEN IF you were patting people down. It would just add another useless step. Would any of you set up a brand new firewall and then not update it for five years? I wouldn't consider that a good analogy, as a firewall is only Perimeter security. Does you organization have a Host-based IDS system on each machine? - ASB -Original Message-From: Allen Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 4:48 PMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: RE: WAKE UP The measures that need to be changed are the security checkpoints. The metal detectors and x-rays. Keeping the U.S. Marshals on the planes like they did in the past. Restricting (and actually ENFORCING) the carry-on bags (quantity and size). All these things would help prevent getting weapons on board. Granted people could still carry makeshift, non-metal weapons on themselves, but maybe we need a general pat-down as well. I would gladly deal with that extra "hassle" to prevent this sort of thing from happening again. Providing more leg room would even help if you ask me. I'd be more apt to display action vs. a hijacker if I could get out of my seat quick enough. It's really a shame if the hijackers only had knives on those planes, but then again, the passengers had no idea what their intentions were I imagine. It is just a shame to see us get lax on security. Would any of you set up a brand new firewall and then not update it for five years? -Original Message----- From: Andrew Baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 2:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: WAKE UP Preventing access to the cockpit from the fuselage while the plane is in flight? I completely agree. Ground-based override of plane controls? (no corruption possibilities there, eh?). You've just pointed out a problem with that one... :) Are you suggesting that nothing be changed? Of course not. Your suggestions, however, do nothing to minimize our freedoms. I'm opposed to the mentality that would have cameras everywhere, and require us to get permission to geo to the bathroom. Can anyone point out any specific things that airport security could have done to avert the atrocities of 09/11/01? If not, it means you're probably barking up the wrong tree. Our strength is our freedom, and it was used against us. However, rigid controls against movement, and having to fly virtually unclothed in order to eliminate the likelihood of carrying any weapons, is not the way to go. As an aside, hijackers are going to find it somewhat harder to subdue a plane full of people in the future, since the risk of death via action (vs. inaction) has been largely minimized. - ASB -Original Message- From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 2:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: WAKE UP I don't know if Benjamin Franklin can assess what I deserve, nor would he know my definition of those terms. I have no idea what would need to be changed. Preventing access to the cockpit from the fuselage while the plane is in flight? Ground-based override of plane controls? (no corruption possibilities there, eh?). I don't know. Are you suggesting that nothing be changed? William -Original Message----- From: Andrew Baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 11:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: WAKE UP Please, explain to the families of those missing or dead why we should not give up any liberty in exchange for security; "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin Please explain what SECURITY measures should have been taken on the morning of the 11th that would have prevented the tragedy... - ASB -Original Message- From: PITNEY,LDENISE (A-Sonoma,ex1) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 2:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: WAKE UP A friend of mine who just had a baby told me "You know they only call it morning sickness. It actually lasts all day." It's kinda like 'free'dom, it's not really free that's just what it's called. Econ 200 Professor Wells, The University of Arizona in Tucson --"There is no such thing as a free lunch, ..and i
RE: Airport security (was: The idiocy continues!)
I had the same thought. - ASB -Original Message- From: Clayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 5:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Airport security (was: The idiocy continues!) Can you imagine being a passenger on a hijacked plane after this? It won't happen again, because the next time a hijack happens, the passengers will think of New York and storm the hijackers before being used as a guided missile. Clayton Doige IT Manager MCSE, MCP + I Gameday International N.V. Bound in a nutshell, King of infinite space... T: +5 999 736 0309 ext 4537 C: +5 999 563 1845 F: +5 999 733 1259 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 3:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Airport security (was: The idiocy continues!) Airport security in Buffalo has gone to the extreme. Way overboard in my opinion. If a terrorist wants to strike again, they will find a way. my 2 cents. --Charles Andrew Baker AndrewB@ReviTo: NT System Admin Issues ew.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: 09/13/2001 Subject: RE: Airport security (was: The idiocy continues!) 04:14 PM Please respond to NT System Admin Issues If anything these airports need to be privatized and the security force needs to be trained and made to do their jobs. It's that simple. And what job were they supposed to be doing that they didn't? If you took a poll last week about airplane/airport security, would there have been the same level of outcry? There is often a tendency to over-react in situations like this and suggest that every process in the equation is broken. I am not suggesting that airport security is stellar and could not be improved. However, to my knowledge, there was no particular breach of security that was taken advantage of, for this event. If anything, having an Air Marshall (or two) on board might have had a positive impact. Likewise, denying access to the cockpit would be a good idea. The problem is that everyone wants to be secure, but they don't want to spend any time or money to do it. - ASB - ASB -Original Message- From: Kent Neff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 1:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Airport security (was: The idiocy continues!) Ya gotta be kidding. Most of the airports are managed by local governments and they can't get it right. What makes you think the Feds are able to do it. Where I live (Atlanta), the General Manager is a politcal crony of the Mayor and is an incompetent clown at best. If anything these airports need to be privatized and the security force needs to be trained and made to do their jobs. It's that simple. I work around the airport so I see it all the time. My 2 cents. Regards, Kent Neff From: Benjamin Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: NT System Admin Issues [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Airport security (was: The idiocy continues!) Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 13:13:46 -0400 (EDT) On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, Phillips, Glen wrote: I've noticed that in amongst all the criticism of poor security at Boston airport, no-one has suggested paying the people who operate the metal detector screens and x-ray machines a bit more than what they currently get (which is reported as on a par with someone who flips burgers in a diner). I have seen mentioned several times that the people supposedly guarding air-travel security are minimum wage workers who have not been trained. Many are calling for the government to take over airport security. Myself, I think that makes sense. One of the functions of government is to protect the people, i.e., to establish and maintain a police force. The government already patrols roads, trains, and general property. To me, it makes sense to extend that same protection to air travel. -- Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: NewYork Terrorist Attack
This is an incredibly tragic day. Probably the most tragic for the US since the assassination of JFK - ASB -Original Message- From: Richard McMahon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 11:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: NewYork Terrorist Attack Check out this link. http://www.skynews.co.uk/skynews/storytemplate/storytoppic/0,,3-1029102, 00.html Hope out all you guys in the New York area are still with us.. Good luck, Richard http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: NewYork Terrorist Attack
Title: RE: NewYork Terrorist Attack Especially when we've had Internal Terrorism before. I'm almost hoping it's an external attack, because we will not be able to deal with an internal attack of this magnitude. - ASB -Original Message-From: Les Bessant [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 11:47 AMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: RE: NewYork Terrorist Attack It would be wise to make sure you know who perpetrated these atrocities before suggesting that anyone else should die. -Original Message-From: David James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 4:45 PMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: RE: NewYork Terrorist Attack I don't mean to promote war, but we as a country HAVE to retaliate to this... F00k the 3rd world countries that harbor terrorists... -Original Message-From: Mal Sasalu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 10:33 AMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: RE: NewYork Terrorist Attack I watched over the television. The structures of both north and south towers of WTO came down with a huge blast and now they are basically a heap of rubble. -Original Message-From: Rogers, Jeff L (OM) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 9:30 AMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: RE: NewYork Terrorist Attack Could you confirm either more or less whether the structures are basically now grade level? -Original Message- From: Roman Bogdanov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 10:24 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: NewYork Terrorist Attack Im about 40 blocks from the towers and we were all told we can go home but all the bridges and subways are closed so here i am trying to figure out a way to get to brooklyn. Roman Bogdanov Head of IT Support Jnana Technologies Corp. www.jnana.com 212-560-9151 ext. 202 212-560-9066 fax -Original Message- From: Richard Newton Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 11:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: NewYork Terrorist Attack Us in Jersey City, NJ (just across the water) were evacuated and sent home. Its going to be a long day for all. -Original Message- From: Jeff Pace [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 11:26 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: NewYork Terrorist Attack and it doesn't seem to be over yet. Jeff -Original Message- From: Andrew Baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 8:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: NewYork Terrorist Attack This is an incredibly tragic day. Probably the most tragic for the US since the assassination of JFK - ASB -Original Message- From: Richard McMahon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 11:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: NewYork Terrorist Attack Check out this link. http://www.skynews.co.uk/skynews/storytemplate/storytoppic/0,,3-1029 102, 00.html Hope out all you guys in the New York area are still with us.. Good luck, Richard http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: NewYork Terrorist Attack
The world is a very different place right now. Very different. - ASB -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 1:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: NewYork Terrorist Attack The hell with NT and everything else. Nobody should need to tell you that things are not as they were yesterday. This list included. Topic is out the window. -Original Message- From: Matt Moore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 10:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: NewYork Terrorist Attack glad to see were all following the rule today. this is a forum for nt sys admin not current events. how bout we break out the instant messaging (aol,msn,...) for the of topic stuff. we all agree it terrible and we all have TV's and radios. - Original Message - From: Dennis Atherton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 9:58 AM Subject: RE: NewYork Terrorist Attack And you don't think, that with over 20,000 people dead, World War 3 has not been started on our shores now -Original Message- From: Murray Binette [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 9:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: NewYork Terrorist Attack Well, I just hope that Bush (or the 'Puppet' as many Canadians refer to him as) doesn't fly off the handle and start WWIII. -Original Message- From: Andrew Baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 10:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: NewYork Terrorist Attack I would say that the US already feels pretty alienated right now - ASB -Original Message- From: Richard McClary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 11:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: NewYork Terrorist Attack Well, that's one of the reactions terrorism is trying to provoke. Most of the world finds US policy to be obnoxious, and a violent large scale reaction will effectively alienate the US from the rest of the world. I don't mean to promote war, but we as a country HAVE to retaliate to this... F00k the 3rd world countries that harbor terrorists... http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: NewYork Terrorist Attack
Title: RE: NewYork Terrorist Attack Luckily, I'll only have to talk about it to Gabby (almost 6) She's pretty much been robbed of her childhood, if you think about it. - ASB -Original Message-From: Bart Southworth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 1:34 PMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: RE: NewYork Terrorist Attack That would be difficult. We did take care of the last one, here in good old Indiana. But the thought. Wow. The taliban is being "sketchy," no denial. I'm at a loss. Anyone want to explain this to my 6 4 year olds? The younger is asking now. I dread the eldest coming home from school. I hope you have luck with yours, Andrew. I read on another list, that there may be a coordinated internet "worm" attack. (Not confirmed) -Original Message-----From: Andrew Baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 12:12To: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: RE: NewYork Terrorist Attack Especially when we've had Internal Terrorism before. I'm almost hoping it's an external attack, because we will not be able to deal with an internal attack of this magnitude. - ASB -Original Message-From: Les Bessant [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 11:47 AMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: RE: NewYork Terrorist Attack It would be wise to make sure you know who perpetrated these atrocities before suggesting that anyone else should die. -Original Message-From: David James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 4:45 PMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: RE: NewYork Terrorist Attack I don't mean to promote war, but we as a country HAVE to retaliate to this... F00k the 3rd world countries that harbor terrorists... -Original Message-From: Mal Sasalu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 10:33 AMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: RE: NewYork Terrorist Attack I watched over the television. The structures of both north and south towers of WTO came down with a huge blast and now they are basically a heap of rubble. -Original Message-From: Rogers, Jeff L (OM) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 9:30 AMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: RE: NewYork Terrorist Attack Could you confirm either more or less whether the structures are basically now grade level? -Original Message- From: Roman Bogdanov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 10:24 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: NewYork Terrorist Attack Im about 40 blocks from the towers and we were all told we can go home but all the bridges and subways are closed so here i am trying to figure out a way to get to brooklyn. Roman Bogdanov Head of IT Support Jnana Technologies Corp. www.jnana.com 212-560-9151 ext. 202 212-560-9066 fax -Original Message- From: Richard Newton Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 11:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: NewYork Terrorist Attack Us in Jersey City, NJ (just across the water) were evacuated and sent home. Its going to be a long day for all. -Original Message- From: Jeff Pace [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 11:26 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: NewYork Terrorist Attack and it doesn't seem to be over yet. Jeff -Original Message- From: Andrew Baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 8:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: NewYork Terrorist Attack This is an incredibly tragic day. Probably the most tragic for the US since the assassination of JFK - ASB -Original Message- From: Richard McMahon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 11:07 AM To:
RE: Everybody get back to work.. Stupid Terrorist waste us too mu ch time.. Let FBI take care it..
Title: That's easy to say when the tragedy is remote to you. I had the extreme pleasure of looking at the former WTC buildings burning this morning, and now I get the thrill of figuring out how to get back home to NJ from a city that for all intents and purposes is locked down. Forgive me if my definition of WORK does not coincide with yours - ASB-Original Message-From: Albert Chong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 1:16 PMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: Everybody get back to work.. Stupid Terrorist waste us too mucht ime.. Let FBI take care it..Back to works.. http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: How do I do this?
DUMPSEC, ADDUSERS, or NET USER See the following: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/?File=UserMgr.TXT (also see AcctInfo.BAT) - ASB -Original Message- From: William Rogge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 2:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: How do I do this? This should be simple, but I must be missing something. How can I generate a file or printout of our SAM? I need to make a change to a number of users, but at the same time want to make sure that everyone has some specific settings. I can not find anything on printing out user information including groups and profile information. http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: Pete Karhatsu postings
I see what you see: Forwarded mail with no additional text - ASB -Original Message- From: Richard McClary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 9:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Pete Karhatsu postings I've just received about a dozen or so follow-up postings from Pete Karhatsu. The thing is, I've found no new text added by Mr. Karhatsu. Is something really strange going on with my system here, or are others seeing the same thing? (Perhaps there is some code which shows up on my system as white text on white background, etc.) -- Richard D. McClary| Systems Administrator ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center| [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1717 S. Philo Rd, Suite 36, Urbana, IL| (217) 337-5030 ext. 261 http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: Error during Emergency Repair process
One of the hives is too large. See the following: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/?File=ERD.TXT - ASB -Original Message- From: Mike Schwartz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 10:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Error during Emergency Repair process Hi, On a few of my NT 4.0 SP6 servers, I get the following message after creating the servers emergency repair process. repair disk utility could not copy all files to the emergency repair disk one or more configuration files not found All suggestions, comments appreciated Mike http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: Application software to monitor network traffic
MRTG See the following: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/?File=NetMon.TXT - ASB -Original Message- From: Sui Seto [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 10:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Application software to monitor network traffic Hi everyone, I am looking for a software that will monitor the network traffic on our LAN/WAN . Sometimes I find the network is very sluggish and at other times, it is normal, I want to pin down the problem. I also expect the software to be able to identify which workstation is transferring big files, such a ppt file etc. Thanks for your info. Sui Seto http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: Test Whether Variable Exists
Using double quotes is best because the command won't break if the
environment variable contains a space
- ASB
-Original Message-
From: Correa, Andre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 1:02 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Test Whether Variable Exists
I believe that IF DEFINED only works on NT boxes, not 95/98. If it is an
all NT environment, then it is OK. Otherwise, use syntax as follows:
If not {%somevar%}=={} echo Variable exists
The { sign can be replaced with quotes, but to each their own. The double =
is very important, otherwise you will tear out every last strand of hair on
your head
HTH
Andre Correa
Senior Manager/Information Technology
Lexitron, Inc
(201) 892-6399
-Original Message-
From: Torres, Edgar (GEP) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 12:26 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject:RE: Test Whether Variable Exists
if defined MYVAR echo It exists!
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Edgar Torres
-Original Message-
From: Simon Butler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 12:22 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Test Whether Variable Exists
Hi,
This should be an easy one but I cannot find the answer after hours of
searching. I am looking for a way that I can test whether a variable exists
and then take action on the result. This is for use
in a login script - not a KIX script. I don't want to add, change or delete
the variable in anyway, just check whether it is there or not. Can anyone
suggest a way? Thanks, Simon Butler.
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RE: Folder permissions
AFAIK, not possible in Windows. - ASB -Original Message- From: Terry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 8:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Folder permissions Has anyone played around with the permissions enough to answer my question. I want to be able to give read access to a folder, but only allow users to be able to see the folders that they have permissions to below that folder. If I have a share called temp, and there are folders below that called temp2 and temp3, but they only have access to temp2, I do not want them to see temp3 folder. I have played with the advanced tab objects, but have not been able to work. I am using this for student access in a school, but I want to make it as easy as possible for the students to find their home directory, without having to scroll through alot of directories. Thanks, Terry Caleb http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: Removal of computer accts
What would you consider an Invalid account, and what would happen if it was removed (automatically) by mistake? You could always script something with NETDOM - ASB -Original Message- From: Sankaranarayanan_Ganapathy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 10:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Removal of computer accts Hi, Is any one in the list aware of any methods for the removal of invalid computer accounts from the servermanager automatically other than manually deleting the same from the server manager in an NT4.0 domain environment. Thanks in advance. http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: Stopping services on remote server
A - The command line was added in the ResKit B - If you check through the rest of this thread, you'll see what the difficulty of both methods was... - ASB -Original Message- From: Chris Sanchez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 9:14 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Stopping services on remote server or command-line is NETSVC servicename \\computername /command i believe this command was added with SP4, no? -Original Message- From: Goldoff, Erik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 9:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Stopping services on remote server Server Manager, highlight server in list, then from the menu, Computer, Services. Erik Goldoff Systems Manager The HoneyBaked Ham Company 678-966-3320 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Peter van Houten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 1:28 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Stopping services on remote server I am presently sitting in front of a VNC window, controlling a remote server (SERVER1) some 1000 miles away. In the same domain as SERVER1, there is another server (SERVER2) I need to stop the DNS service on SERVER2 (SERVER2, unfortunately does not have VNC loaded) These servers are configured as standalone as opposed to PDC, BDC, etc. I have all the passwords available to access SERVER2 but cannot for the life of me, control the services on SERVER2. I have been through all the NET HELP commands without success. NT4/SP6a configuration on both. Any suggestions? Peter van Houten Peaceland http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: Unable to resolve DNS
Take a look at your CACHE.DNS file in the System32\DNS folder and see if it has any problems. You might have to copy over one from the Backup folder or from another system. - ASB -Original Message- From: Neil Macdonald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 10:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Unable to resolve DNS Hello, all. My NT server has suddenly stopped resolving DNS names. It's NT 4, sp 6a, connected to a router and an ADSL line to our providers site, where there are two DNS servers. I can ping out using IP addresses, but if I ping a www site I get bad IP address. I have reinstalled TCP/IP and service packed to no avail. I also removed RAS and an old external modem which wasn't being used (Tapisrv.exe was using some resources, and technet implied this may be a cause). All other PC's on the network can browse internet, without problem, so it's definitely the server. It was working on minute, then the next... nothing. I have updated antivirus and scanned, nothing there. Please help ! Incidentally, I am not receiving the mails from the list, so please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with ideas and I will be most grateful. Thank you one and all, Neil Macdonald http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: HP to Acquire Compaq in $25B Deal
How many mergers have ever really resulted in better service? - ASB -Original Message-From: Jim Underwood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 12:32 PMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: RE: HP to Acquire Compaq in $25B Deal Interesting articles at www.infoworld.com: HP, Compaq target enterprise, services markets in $25 billion acquisition Merger highlights role of HP's Fiorina While the merger may not guarantee an improvement in sales/performance, does anyone see a downside to the merger (other than HP/Compaq employees who will lose their job when duplicate positions are eliminated)? Do you expect the merger to provide better products and services? Best Regards, JMU http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: HP to Acquire Compaq in $25B Deal
Title: Message 1 - There's more to the world than just PCs. 2 - There's no point in a merger if you keep everything. There is huge overlap in the low-end and into the server space. At the high-end, their products and services diverge somewhat. Makes you wonder what will happen to Tandem and Alpha - ASB -Original Message-From: David James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 12:48 PMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: RE: HP to Acquire Compaq in $25B Deal I don't think there will be duplicate positions. I expect them to continue to function as 2 seperate companies. Compaq's name is much bigger than HP, especially in the server market. I think HP just wanted a bigger piece of the PC and Server pie, and Compaq wanted the financial backing of HP's dominance in the peripheral and printer market. It's a good merger. -Original Message-From: Jim Underwood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 11:32 AMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: RE: HP to Acquire Compaq in $25B Deal Interesting articles at www.infoworld.com: HP, Compaq target enterprise, services markets in $25 billion acquisition Merger highlights role of HP's Fiorina While the merger may not guarantee an improvement in sales/performance, does anyone see a downside to the merger (other than HP/Compaq employees who will lose their job when duplicate positions are eliminated)? Do you expect the merger to provide better products and services? Best Regards, JMU http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: HP to Acquire Compaq in $25B Deal
Title: Message Here's my informal Merger vs. Acquisition guide: If you really want to tell if it's a merger, then check the makeup of the board, and where the former CEOs end up. If one is Chairman and one is CEO, then you havean equal merger. Anything else, and Igenerally view it as an Acquisition. In any event, it won't be successful or useful if all the positions are retained. - ASB -Original Message-From: David James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 1:25 PMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: RE: HP to Acquire Compaq in $25B Deal It's not a merger? You'd better learn big business. It's a merger, and don't expect to see too many changes too quickly. Compaq was already making big time changes in it's product line before this even happened. HP was planning on getting out of the PC business anyways. A name change could happen, but who knows? I don't appreciate the naive comment anyhoo... You saying it's not a merger is naive... -Original Message-From: xylog [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 12:03 PMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: RE: HP to Acquire Compaq in $25B Deal Except its not a merger. HP purchsed compaq. HP's management now controls the Compaq's destiny. What this means is that HP will, in order to cut costs, eliminate all possible redundant functions.I agree it is a good merger, but it is very naïve to expect nothing to change. xylog -Original Message-From: David James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 12:48 PMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: RE: HP to Acquire Compaq in $25B Deal I don't think there will be duplicate positions. I expect them to continue to function as 2 seperate companies. Compaq's name is much bigger than HP, especially in the server market. I think HP just wanted a bigger piece of the PC and Server pie, and Compaq wanted the financial backing of HP's dominance in the peripheral and printer market. It's a good merger. -Original Message-From: Jim Underwood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 11:32 AMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: RE: HP to Acquire Compaq in $25B Deal Interesting articles at www.infoworld.com: · HP, Compaq target enterprise, services markets in $25 billion acquisition · Merger highlights role of HP's Fiorina While the merger may not guarantee an improvement in sales/performance, does anyone see a downside to the merger (other than HP/Compaq employees who will lose their job when duplicate positions are eliminated)? Do you expect the merger to provide better products and services? Best Regards, JMU http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: W2K Professional AUTOLOGON
Use TWEAKUI See the following: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/?File=AutoLogon.TXT - ASB -Original Message- From: Murray Freeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 1:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: W2K Professional AUTOLOGON I know that you can set up NT servers to autologon, but I can't find how to do this for Win2K Professional. Anyone tried this yet? Murray http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: HP to Acquire Compaq in $25B Deal
Title: Message Agreed. - ASB -Original Message-From: xylog [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 1:44 PMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: RE: HP to Acquire Compaq in $25B Deal I have been through several mergers of large/Fortune 100 corperations (Union Bank of Switzerland and Swiss Bank/Paine Webber and Kitter Peabody) and can speak from experience when I say that ther will be large cuts in the workforce of both companies to eliminate redundant functions. It is just common sense to cut costs by combining, wherever possible, duplicated functions. Where these cuts will occur is a matter of speculation, but you can be sure since HP has controlling interests they will generally get preferential treatment. xylog -Original Message-From: David James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 1:25 PMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: RE: HP to Acquire Compaq in $25B Deal It's not a merger? You'd better learn big business. It's a merger, and don't expect to see too many changes too quickly. Compaq was already making big time changes in it's product line before this even happened. HP was planning on getting out of the PC business anyways. A name change could happen, but who knows? I don't appreciate the naive comment anyhoo... You saying it's not a merger is naive... -Original Message-From: xylog [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 12:03 PMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: RE: HP to Acquire Compaq in $25B Deal Except its not a merger. HP purchsed compaq. HP's management now controls the Compaq's destiny. What this means is that HP will, in order to cut costs, eliminate all possible redundant functions.I agree it is a good merger, but it is very naïve to expect nothing to change. xylog -Original Message-From: David James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 12:48 PMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: RE: HP to Acquire Compaq in $25B Deal I don't think there will be duplicate positions. I expect them to continue to function as 2 seperate companies. Compaq's name is much bigger than HP, especially in the server market. I think HP just wanted a bigger piece of the PC and Server pie, and Compaq wanted the financial backing of HP's dominance in the peripheral and printer market. It's a good merger. -Original Message-From: Jim Underwood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 11:32 AMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: RE: HP to Acquire Compaq in $25B Deal Interesting articles at www.infoworld.com: 1. HP, Compaq target enterprise, services markets in $25 billion acquisition 2. Merger highlights role of HP's Fiorina While the merger may not guarantee an improvement in sales/performance, does anyone see a downside to the merger (other than HP/Compaq employees who will lose their job when duplicate positions are eliminated)? Do you expect the merger to provide better products and services? Best Regards, JMU http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: HP to Acquire Compaq in $25B Deal
Title: Message Better service for whom? I used both companies prior to the merger, and I can't say that any great improvement occurred afterwards... - ASB -Original Message-From: David James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 1:46 PMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: RE: HP to Acquire Compaq in $25B Deal Compaq and DEC... -Original Message-From: Andrew Baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 12:37 PMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: RE: HP to Acquire Compaq in $25B Deal How many mergers have ever really resulted in better service? - ASB -Original Message-From: Jim Underwood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 12:32 PMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: RE: HP to Acquire Compaq in $25B Deal Interesting articles at www.infoworld.com: HP, Compaq target enterprise, services markets in $25 billion acquisition Merger highlights role of HP's Fiorina While the merger may not guarantee an improvement in sales/performance, does anyone see a downside to the merger (other than HP/Compaq employees who will lose their job when duplicate positions are eliminated)? Do you expect the merger to provide better products and services? Best Regards, JMU http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: Internet Explorer 6.0
I had/have no problems with Acrobat in IE6 either in Win2K or WinXP - ASB -Original Message- From: CIGNA DTS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 1:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Internet Explorer 6.0 I see several peopl have had no problems with IE 6.0. Amazing. Don't you run Adobe Acrobat Reader? Never need to read PDF files from web sites? http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: Hard drive configuration
Title: RE: Hard drive configuration And when it breaks, it breaks very well too... I'm happy it works for you. - ASB -Original Message-From: Robert Young [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 3:24 PMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Hard drive configuration Relax, it's really not that bad, I manage hundreds of NT servers that have software mirroring, they attest to the fact it works VERY WELL INDEED ... RE Young MCSE Client Server Systems Engineering Dallas, Texas -Original Message- From: xylog [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 8:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Hard drive configuration If your on a really tight budget you can get good reliability with a Software mirrored SLED configuration (thats Single Large Expensive Disk) if you use two scsi controllers one for each disk. Other wise I agree with the general sentiment that software RAID is bad, very bad. xylog - Original Message - From: "Andrew Baker" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "NT System Admin Issues" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 6:59 PM Subject: RE: Hard drive configuration Truly mission critical = Hardware SCSI RAID controller Not really mission critical = Hardware ATA RAID controller Plain broke and someone else's data = Software RAID on a Workstation class system. - ASB -Original Message- From: RE Young [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 2:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Hard drive configurationIf you truly have a "mission critical" application/data then push the "hardware solution", on the other hand if you don't really need it... now I'm up to $.04.. RE Young MCSE Client Server System Engineering Dallas, TX - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 12:50 PM Subject: RE: Hard drive configuration That is very true and if I can't get the money to purchase a RAID controller, software is the way I'll have to go. Hopefully I will be able to convince them and/or I'll have to use one of my tricks for staying under the limit that requires approval. ;-) -Original Message- From: RE Young [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 10:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Hard drive configuration I have used softrware raid in hundreds of NT servers for years w/o problems, it is there to use. if for example, there is no money in the buget for hardware raid controllers, the reality is money is an issue. My $.02.. RE Young MCSE - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 10:50 AM Subject: RE: Hard drive configuration That's too funny. I do at least know Hardware RAID is better than Software RAID. And if NT will allow me to duplex, as it was suggested by someone else, then that's probably what I'll do. -Original Message- From: Flanagan, Kevin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 4:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Hard drive configurationI second this, only ever use Hardware RAID, which RAID config depends on what you are doing. When interviewing folks for an open position at my last employer we had someone say that they thought that software RAID was "slick", that was the last thing he said that I heard. Kevin +---+ Kevin Flanagan C/S Planning Engineer III I/T Implementation Department Branch Banking Trust Company 3261 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 116 MC: 172-85-01-00 Raleigh, NC 27604 Voice: 919-716-6209 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 7:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Hard drive configuration Thanks for the info. I will see if I can do that. -Original Message- From: Zangara, Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 4:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Hard drive configuration volume sets are notoriously bad - they have a way of crashing at bad times - I would personally do a raid array witha good hardware (Adaptec) raid controller. Jim Zangara, MCSE+I Special Projects Engineer Premiere Radio Networks A Division of Clear Channel Communications 15260 Ventura Blvd Suite 500 Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 Direct: (818) 461-8620 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] In my house there's this light switch that doesn't do anything. Every so often I would
RE: Group Question
Use the FOR command along with CUSRMGR Or, use one of the other tools like Hyena See the following: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/?File=UserMgr.TXT - ASB -Original Message-From: Bob Chyka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 11:31 AMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: Group Question Dos anyone know anyway to make a global group on our server (windows2000) a member of the local power users group on about 150 machines easily? any input is greatly appreciated.. Bob Chyka http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: Hard drive configuration
Title: Message The rule in technology is that either MONEY will be spent, or both TIME and MONEY. If there is no money in the budget for hardware RAID controllers, you will soon find it necessary to find money for Data Recovery Services. - ASB -Original Message-From: RE Young [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 1:38 PMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: Re: Hard drive configuration I have used softrware raid in hundreds of NT servers for years w/o problems, it is there to use. if for example, there is no money in the buget for hardware raid controllers, the reality is money is an issue. My $.02.. RE Young MCSE - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 10:50 AM Subject: RE: Hard drive configuration That's too funny. I do at least know Hardware RAID is better than Software RAID. And if NT will allow me to duplex, as it was suggested by someone else, then that's probably what I'll do. -Original Message-From: Flanagan, Kevin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 4:48 AMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Hard drive configuration I second this, only ever use Hardware RAID, which RAID config depends on what you are doing. When interviewing folks for an open position at my last employer we had someone say that they thought that software RAID was "slick", that was the last thing he said that I heard. Kevin +---+ Kevin Flanagan C/S Planning Engineer III I/T Implementation Department Branch Banking Trust Company 3261 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 116 MC: 172-85-01-00 Raleigh, NC 27604 Voice: 919-716-6209 -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 7:34 PMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Hard drive configuration Thanks for the info. I will see if I can do that. -Original Message-From: Zangara, Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 4:23 PMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Hard drive configuration volume sets are notoriously bad - they have a way of crashing at bad times - I would personally do a raid array witha good hardware (Adaptec) raid controller. Jim Zangara, MCSE+I Special Projects Engineer Premiere Radio Networks A Division of Clear Channel Communications 15260 Ventura Blvd Suite 500 Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 Direct: (818) 461-8620 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] In my house there's this light switch that doesn't do anything. Every so often I would flick it on and off just to check. Yesterday, I got a call from a woman in Germany. She said, "Cut it out." -- Steven Wright -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 4:19 PMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Hard drive configuration Cool. So, I could create 3 of them as one volume so I don't have to give each drive a drive letter and then mirror that volume to the other three drives? -Original Message-From: Eric Wittenberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 4:06 PMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Hard drive configuration Duplexing to NT is the same as mirroring. Windows does not care if they are on one controller (mirroring) or on two controllers (duplexing) Eric Wittenberg, MCSE CNA ASE Technical Systems Analyst 3D Computer Services Ltd. Edmonton, Alberta (780)484 9788 Fax (780) 484 9811 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL www.3dcomp.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 4:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Hard drive configuration I currently have a NetWare server with 6 Seagate ST39175LW drives on 2 Adaptec controllers in a duplexed configuration. We are going to rebuild the server as NT 4.0. I don't think NT can mirror
RE: Hard drive configuration
Truly mission critical = Hardware SCSI RAID controller Not really mission critical = Hardware ATA RAID controller Plain broke and someone else's data = Software RAID on a Workstation class system. - ASB -Original Message- From: RE Young [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 2:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Hard drive configuration If you truly have a mission critical application/data then push the hardware solution, on the other hand if you don't really need it... now I'm up to $.04.. RE Young MCSE Client Server System Engineering Dallas, TX - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 12:50 PM Subject: RE: Hard drive configuration That is very true and if I can't get the money to purchase a RAID controller, software is the way I'll have to go. Hopefully I will be able to convince them and/or I'll have to use one of my tricks for staying under the limit that requires approval. ;-) -Original Message- From: RE Young [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 10:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Hard drive configuration I have used softrware raid in hundreds of NT servers for years w/o problems, it is there to use. if for example, there is no money in the buget for hardware raid controllers, the reality is money is an issue. My $.02.. RE Young MCSE - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 10:50 AM Subject: RE: Hard drive configuration That's too funny. I do at least know Hardware RAID is better than Software RAID. And if NT will allow me to duplex, as it was suggested by someone else, then that's probably what I'll do. -Original Message- From: Flanagan, Kevin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 4:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Hard drive configuration I second this, only ever use Hardware RAID, which RAID config depends on what you are doing. When interviewing folks for an open position at my last employer we had someone say that they thought that software RAID was slick, that was the last thing he said that I heard. Kevin +---+ Kevin Flanagan C/S Planning Engineer III I/T Implementation Department Branch Banking Trust Company 3261 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 116 MC: 172-85-01-00 Raleigh, NC 27604 Voice: 919-716-6209 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 7:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Hard drive configuration Thanks for the info. I will see if I can do that. -Original Message- From: Zangara, Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 4:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Hard drive configuration volume sets are notoriously bad - they have a way of crashing at bad times - I would personally do a raid array witha good hardware (Adaptec) raid controller. Jim Zangara, MCSE+I Special Projects Engineer Premiere Radio Networks A Division of Clear Channel Communications 15260 Ventura Blvd Suite 500 Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 Direct: (818) 461-8620 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] In my house there's this light switch that doesn't do anything. Every so often I would flick it on and off just to check. Yesterday, I got a call from a woman in Germany. She said, Cut it out. -- Steven Wright -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 4:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Hard drive configuration Cool. So, I could create 3 of them as one volume so I don't have to give each drive a drive letter and then mirror that volume to the other three drives? -Original Message- From: Eric Wittenberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 4:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Hard drive configuration Duplexing to NT is the same as mirroring. Windows does not care if they are on one controller (mirroring) or on two controllers (duplexing) Eric Wittenberg, MCSE CNA ASE Technical Systems Analyst 3D Computer Services Ltd. Edmonton, Alberta (780)484 9788 Fax (780) 484 9811 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL www.3dcomp.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 4:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject:Hard drive configuration I currently have a NetWare server with 6 Seagate ST39175LW drives on 2 Adaptec controllers in a duplexed configuration. We are going to rebuild the server as NT 4.0. I don't think NT can mirror the drives in a duplexed configuration like the one we currently have. Am I wrong. If not, what would be the best configuration for the drives. I was thinking of adding a
RE: Denying TS Access to admin
No. Deny ACLs override everything else. - ASB -Original Message- From: Ryan McBride [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 9:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Denying TS Access to admin Just curious, wouldnt the Domain Admin group override it??? -Original Message- From: Ralph Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 29 August 2001 10:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re:Denying TS Access to admin If I was going to try something like this I would create a group and put all the domain admins in it and then deny this group the right to access the TS from the network. ralph Reply Separator Subject:Denying TS Access to admin Author: NT System Admin Issues [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 08/29/2001 1:50 AM Hi, Under W2K Server; does anybody have some smart idea about how to deny Terminal Services access to administrators while allowing regular users ? If I somehow deny access to the administrator group, I end up with access being denied to all or even the TS logon process impossible through some secondary effect. I want to be sure that whatever happens the Admin logs on the physical console thanks in advance, Marc Neiger http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: Windows 2000 for idiots!
Title: Message See the following: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/?File=Admin.TXT - ASB -Original Message-From: Brian Judge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 11:49 AMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: Windows 2000 for idiots! Here's a simple one (hopefully!). I just installed a win2k server and domain. How the hell do I run the Active Directory Users and Computers MMC snap in on my Win2k Prof machine? Thanks in advance, Brian Judge http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: What do you get for Over Time
Just 40 over? :) I'm on a pace to do 60+ this month... Isn't IT wonderful? - ASB -Original Message- From: Mathews, James E. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 9:11 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: What do you get for Over Time I was wondering if anyone has any policies set up for Over Time. The reason I ask is one of the other network guys and myself have put in about 40 hours over time this month and we receive nothing for it. Just wondering what policies are set up at other companies to compensate for over time. We consistently work about 8-12 hours over a month and we get no time off or anything for this. Management keeps telling us it is just part of our job and we can not get any comp time even though we are only scheduled for 40 hours a week. http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: Code Red Rant
1. http://corporate.windowsupdate.microsoft.com 2. Your machine does not need to accept traffic to port 80, in order to access the internet. - ASB -Original Message- From: Luke Brumbaugh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 9:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Code Red Rant OK this is getting kinda nasty. So I'll ask, because I'd love to. How does one download all the SP's, hotfixes, security updates, etc. other than going to windowsupdate.microsoft.com? (SP2 I got,I need the rest). By the way, unless you forgot there was a time, you loaded all your programs on a server or networked CD pack and would load all you machines from a central location. Ghost images were on net, you could multicast 20 at a time. -Original Message- From: Kevin Lundy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 8:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Code Red Rant If you are working smarter, then simply keep the servers off the public network until the system in secured. Burn a CD with the SPs and hotfixes. That is probably faster than downloading them each time for each server. Sure locking off port 80 is an option for any business. If the server is getting rebuilt, then there shouldn't be any legitimate traffic to it yet, so block 80 to that new server until configured. If you are so busy rebuilding servers that you need to double check every morning, then you have enough volume to justify imaging - so image your servers from a secured image. Welcome to the world of security. Security is a never ending job. But don't rant about something that you are just as guilty of - some of those 4,500 addresses are quite possibly servers rebuilt the night before just like you. -Original Message- From: Luke Brumbaugh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 7:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Code Red Rant Hummm let's see I logged 4,500 address in the last month. All Machines get hit every 10 - 30 minutes. I have to double and triple check the network every morning to make sure that if any machine got rebuilt that it is protected with service packs and virus protection and all are up to date. Locking off port 80 is not an option, that's the business. It used to be simpler. Unfortunately I am a one man show, I have no help. I have a wife and newborn, that I would like to see. I work smarter and not harder. -Original Message- From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 8:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Code Red Rant Um Are you complaining about yourself? == ASB - http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/?File=~MoreInfo.TXT == Listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story. -- from Desiderata -Original Message- From: Luke Brumbaugh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 9:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT:Code Red Rant Last night I am building a test box for 2000 AD. I had to format a 2nd drive to load AD and stuff. It was going to take a while so I left and went home. When I got in this morning, I had messages from other people saying that they had got the code red. I hadn't even got to the updates yet. What a pain! So now I am rebuilding. Will other people please fix this. It is such a pain, our logs are filled with hundreds of ip addresses trying to infect us. We got spam abuse, why can't we have a place that puts people's ip in for not fixing their virus problems! Luke L. Brumbaugh System Administrator,MCSE Ultryx Corporation mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: Scripting expert please help
Agreed.
- ASB
-Original Message-
From: Niels Christiansen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 1:06 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Scripting expert please help
These limitations used to cause me a lot of grief in NT4.
I usually resolved the issue by putting the code that's to be executed by
the for statement into a subroutine and then let the for statement do a call
to the subroutine with the appropriate parameters (eg. %%i)
/\/iels
-Original Message-
From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 5:32 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Scripting expert please help
You will need to break up that single FOR line into a couple lines and
you'll be fine.
Problem #1 - You cannot use the %variable:~1,1% syntax with %0 - %9 or
%%A - %%Z variables.
Problem #2 - The variable substitution doesn't work the way you are
hoping.
Win2K allows you to change the way that substitution works. Here's
the relevant text from a SET /? command:
~
Finally, support for delayed environment variable expansion has been
added. This support is always disabled by default, but may be
enabled/disabled via the /V command line switch to CMD.EXE. See CMD
/?
Delayed environment variable expansion is useful for getting around
the limitations of the current expansion which happens when a line
of text is read, not when it is executed. The following example
demonstrates the problem with immediate variable expansion:
set VAR=before
if %VAR% == before (
set VAR=after
if %VAR% == after @echo If you see this, it worked
)
would never display the message, since the %VAR% in BOTH IF statements
is substituted when the first IF statement is read, since it logically
includes the body of the IF, which is a compound statement. So the
IF inside the compound statement is really comparing before with
after which will never be equal. Similarly, the following example
will not work as expected:
set LIST=
for %i in (*) do set LIST=%LIST% %i
echo %LIST%
in that it will NOT build up a list of files in the current directory,
but instead will just set the LIST variable to the last file found.
Again, this is because the %LIST% is expanded just once when the
FOR statement is read, and at that time the LIST variable is empty.
So the actual FOR loop we are executing is:
for %i in (*) do set LIST= %i
which just keeps setting LIST to the last file found.
Delayed environment variable expansion allows you to use a different
character (the exclamation mark) to expand environment variables at
execution time. If delayed variable expansion is enabled, the above
examples could be written as follows to work as intended:
set VAR=before
if %VAR% == before (
set VAR=after
if !VAR! == after @echo If you see this, it worked
)
set LIST=
for %i in (*) do set LIST=!LIST! %i
echo %LIST%
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-Original Message-
From: Giang, Sonny [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 2:31 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Scripting expert please help
Hi,
I need to convert a log file from an application (Called
InterWorld) to the
IIS format.
The script I write is as follow:
* Get current date,
* Get Current time,
* Copy yesterday logfile from the Interworld apps to where I
want to convert
* For every file copied Do the convert of the file via a
procedure called
MODIFY
* Move the converted file to a archive directory.
The problem I have is with the command below, which i tried
to change the
date format of the logfile from MM/DD/ to -MM-DD
for /F tokens=1-20 delims=, %%a in (%1) do (set u=%%c echo
%u:~6,4%-%u:~0,2%-%u:~3,2% %%d %%a - w3svc1 %%f %%g %%m %%n
%%o %%l 0 %%k
%%j %%h 80 HTTP/1.1 - - %%q %1.txt)
the output is some thing like this:
D:\Scripts(set u=08/14/2001echo :~6,4u:~0,2u:~3,21.txt )
:~6,4u:~0,2u:~3,21.txt
Can anyone please tell me what I've done wrong.
the program and a sample input log file are attached.
Program
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@echo on
Set minday=1
Set maxday=2
set @source=z:\interworld\temp
set @destin=i:\Prodbrk01
:GetDate
FOR /F TOKENS=2 %%D IN ('DATE /T') DO SET @DATE=%%D
:GetTime
FOR /F %%T IN ('TIME /T') DO SET @TIME=%%T
:CopyFile
Robocopy %@source% %@destin% /MINAGE:%minday% /MAXAGE:%maxday%
For %%z in (%@destin%\*.log) do (call :modify %%z)
Goto End
:modify
setlocal
if exist %1.txt (del %1.txt)
echo #Software: Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0 %1.txt
echo
RE: OT Maybe-Connection TO Internet from Hotel Room
The hotel probably uses DHCP. See the following: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/?File=NetConfig.TXT - ASB -Original Message- From: Murray Freeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 5:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT Maybe-Connection TO Internet from Hotel Room We've got an individual going to Canada and he wants to take one of our laptops to check his email. We have Outlook Web Access running, but he does not intend to use dial up. He says the hotel has an internet connection that he can plug directly into from our network card. Since we use static ip addressing, I can't figure out if this will work. It seems to me that if the hotel has a network connected to a T1, all our network settings would have to be changed to the hotel's settings. Anyone done this or have any idea if this works? Murray http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: A disk to format NTFS drives?
Why not boot from CD? Partition Magic can format NTFS drives, although I have never had any luck with that feature. - ASB -Original Message- From: Derrenbacker, L. Jonathan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 10:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: A disk to format NTFS drives? Is there a disk like the old 98 boot disk that can fdisk, format, and scandisk a ntfs drive? I hate having to wait 30 minutes to run through the 4 windows2000 boot disks just to format a drive. http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
