RE: Test Whether Variable Exists

[Jeff Wilcox]

Use an If statement.  If variable = string then do a command.

-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: Unable to resolve DNS

[Jeff Wilcox]

There are a couple things to check:

When you do a nslookup, does your your dns server try to resolve the
address?
Do you have a reverse lookup zone created?
Is your DNS server set to forward an requests to your ISP dns server?

-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,

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RE: NSLOOKUP

[Jeff Wilcox]

If neither dns servers are setup as forwarders.  Does your firewall have
DNSdaemon running?

-Original Message-
From: Alston, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 4:52 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: NSLOOKUP


I created the reverse lookup zone with the internal IP address & it worked
great.  Still don't know why the server was accessing res1.ns.digex.net.

Thanks again all,

Steve

-Original Message-
From: Alston, Steve 
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 4:42 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: NSLOOKUP


Thanks all for the replies.

Neither of my two servers is setup as a forwarder.

As for the reverse lookup zone, I have one setup but with the external IP
address.  Do I also need to set up another reverse lookup zone with the
internal IP address?

Thanks,
Steve

-Original Message-----
From: Jeff Wilcox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 2:42 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: NSLOOKUP


Your DNS server is setup as a DNS forwarder to that address.

-Original Message-
From: Mier, Juan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 2:34 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: NSLOOKUP


To answer question #2: You need to setup a reverse lookup zone.

-Original Message-
From: Alston, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 11:23 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: NSLOOKUP


The following is the output from a NSLOOKUP query.  

X:\>nslookup 198.133.219.25
DNS request timed out.
timeout was 2 seconds.
*** Can't find server name for address 192.168.2.12: Timed out
Server:  res1.ns.digex.net
Address:  206.205.242.132

Name:www.cisco.com
Address:  198.133.219.25

My questions are:

1.  Why is DNS timing out after 2 seconds & where is the timeout value
configured
2.  What do I need to do so I don't get the "Can't find server name for
address 192.168.2.12?"  (Note 192.168.2.12 is my primary DNS server)
3.  Why is my system using res1.ns.digex.net as the name server?  I
don't
see where I have that configured in my system?


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RE: NSLOOKUP

[Jeff Wilcox]

Your DNS server is setup as a DNS forwarder to that address.

-Original Message-
From: Mier, Juan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 2:34 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: NSLOOKUP


To answer question #2: You need to setup a reverse lookup zone.

-Original Message-
From: Alston, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 11:23 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: NSLOOKUP


The following is the output from a NSLOOKUP query.  

X:\>nslookup 198.133.219.25
DNS request timed out.
timeout was 2 seconds.
*** Can't find server name for address 192.168.2.12: Timed out
Server:  res1.ns.digex.net
Address:  206.205.242.132

Name:www.cisco.com
Address:  198.133.219.25

My questions are:

1.  Why is DNS timing out after 2 seconds & where is the timeout value
configured
2.  What do I need to do so I don't get the "Can't find server name for
address 192.168.2.12?"  (Note 192.168.2.12 is my primary DNS server)
3.  Why is my system using res1.ns.digex.net as the name server?  I
don't
see where I have that configured in my system?


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RE: W2K advance Server

[Jeff Wilcox]

Title: RE: W2K advance Server



Make 
sure you have SP2 installed on Win2k.

  -Original Message-From: David Bray 
  [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 11:40 
  AMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: RE: W2K advance 
  Server
  This is a no help post.  But thank goodness someone else 
  is seeing this problem.  The only thing we could do was repair the
  Windows installation.  Everyone I spoke with thought I was nuts because 
  I'm the only one who has ever seen this :)  
  David 
  -Original Message- From: A. G. 
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  System Admin Issues Subject: W2K advance Server 
  
  Hi, I have Domain controller with 
  active directory. This is the only Dc in this domain. 
  I can not open Add Remove programme dialog box from control panel. Any clue to resolve this? Bilal 
  
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RE: Stopping services on remote server

[Jeff Wilcox]

There is another remote admin program called Hyena.

-Original Message-
From: Brian Judge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 1:30 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Stopping services on remote server


You could also download the eval of Dameware utils for NT and remotely
install the remote control service on the remote server. You could then use
this to permanently install VNC.

-Original Message-
From: Peter van Houten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: 03 September 2001 18:28
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?

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RE: IP address denied access on Ex5.5.

[Jeff Wilcox]

Instead of rebooting the server.  Check the route table.  If those users are
on another subnet, their route is most likely gone.  So just recreate the
route to their subnet and you will be able to ping their machine and they'll
be able to get their mail.

-Original Message-
From: Michael Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 4:12 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: IP address denied access on Ex5.5.


Hi there,

On our NT4, sp6a, Exch 5.5 sp4, server, at times we get users who can not
access the server and we can not ping them from the server. Most of these
users are in other cites and connect via wan thru our routers. The solution
seems to be rebooting the server and like magic, we can ping them and they
have access to there mail. We have Win95, 2nd edit,Outlook 2000, clients.
The other users in the same office can access, thru same route and have no
problem. The event logs are clear as to locking out a address, or at least I
can't,(or don't knowwhat to look for), see it. TIA

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RE: Installation od second Dc

[Jeff Wilcox]

Is the 2nd DC a DNS server.  If so, you don't want to be using itself as the
primary DNS server.  You should configure DNS to use another DNS server
only.  This way dcpromo doesn't try to replicate changes to itself.

-Original Message-
From: A. G. Choudhry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 10:12 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Installation od second Dc


I checked my DNS it working good for all purposes. I log on with all
privileges. I tried this at two three places with the same
 Reply.
Thanks
Bilal

-Original Message-
From: Benjamin Winzenz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 3:38 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Installation od second Dc

Did you check DNS?  That is, after all, one of the error messages.  How
is
your DNS set up?  Are you logging in and performing the DCPROMO
operation
with an account that has Enterprise and Schema Admin privs?

Ben Winzenz, MCSE
Network/Systems Administrator
Peregrine Systems, Inc.

 -Original Message-
From:   A. G. Choudhry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent:   Friday, August 31, 2001 6:11 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject:Installation od second Dc


Hi,
I have a very basic problem.  It may be very simple But I am missing
some thing. When I want to add second controller in  a domain I get the
error message that "Assess denied You have no permission to change
account of the "compuername$". A dialog box of new user name and
password is opened. I tried all possible accounts but without success. I
am tha local and domain administrator of these machines and domain.
Just for test purpose I tried to add the same server as sub/child
domain, and it was successful.
But when I tried to remove that sub domain I get reply "Active Directory
Installation failed The operation failed to replicate off the
changes made locally. The DSA operation is unable to proceed because DNS
lookup failure"
Any Help
Bilal


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RE: Active Directories & Domains - Trusts

[Jeff Wilcox]

Are they 2 separate domains?  Do you have WINS setup on your network too?

 -Original Message-
From:   Mark Troyan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent:   Thursday, August 30, 2001 8:54 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject:RE: Active Directories & Domains - Trusts

Hi Kent,

The NT PDC is running sp 6a and on the same network as the 2000 PDC. The NT
Domain was added to the search path of the 2000 PDC and the same was done
with the NT PDC (placed in the lmhost file, is there another place?). Both
PDC are able to ping each other with no problems. As far as location, both
are in the same building with the NT PDC in the MIS department and the 2000
PDC in the validation lab. Any more ideas would be greatly appreciated and
thank you for the ones you have mention.



-Original Message-
From: Kent Spencer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 8:03 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Active Directories & Domains - Trusts


.. What SP is the NT PDC running. You could try adding the
   NT domain in the 2000 DNS search list. Try ping, tracert, nslookup.
   Is the NT domain nearby? On the same network? 
Kent

--- Mark Troyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Every
> time I try to add the Trust, on either end, I receive a message
> stating
> that the domain can't be contacted. I've installed service pack 2 for
> 2000
> and even tried loading the lmhost file with no luck. Any ideas
> anyone?
> 
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RE: NEW to login scripts

[Jeff Wilcox]

1. Create a group for each server that holds users directories.  example:
Server1,Server2
2. Put the users in the approprate server group that you just created.  If
their users directory is located on Server2, add them to the Server2 global
group.
3. For each user take out the home directory location in their account.
4. Add the group you added them to, to their account.

Example of login batch file.
net use z: %logonserver%\netlogon
c:
cd winnt\system32

if exist ifmember.exe goto Script
copy z:\ifmember.exe ifmember.exe
goto Script

:Script
if exist h:\%username% goto End
goto Start

:Start
ifmember "Server1"
if not errorlevel 1 goto Next1
net use h: \\Server1\users
goto End

:Next1
ifmember "Server2"
if not errorlevel 1 goto End
net use h: \\Server2\users
goto End

:End
net use /delete z:
Exit


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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 1:47 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: NEW to login scripts


Well im not new to it but haven't done one yet! I have a windows 2000 server
that I would like to set up a user/unsername folder and have them loginto
the domain and have the user script run and map the appropriate drives. How
can I make a script? Is there a script maker or something to do it or is it
hand coded? Sorry to sound dumb but very new to it.

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RE: User List

[Jeff Wilcox]

net user /domain

-Original Message-
From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 3:24 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: User List


Is there any easy way to print out a current list of all NT user accounts?
I did print screens, but there has to be an easier way.

Joseph L. Heaton, MCSE
NT Administrator
FDI Consulting, Inc.
1610 Arden Way,  Suite 145
Sacramento, CA  95815
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RE: drive mirror configuration with W2k

[Jeff Wilcox]

Go to technet or microsoft support and search for Q298155, this will give
alot of info on Setting up Fault taulerant on Win2k.  Kent's link is on this
page too.

-Original Message-
From: Kent Spencer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 3:02 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: drive mirror configuration with W2k


. Was this a build from scratch or upgrade? Here's some info
  but you'll need to get to dynamic on both to have them both
  bootable IIRC in W2K. Kent

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q175/7/61.ASP?LN=EN-US&SD=g
n&FR=0&qry=mirror%20disk&rnk=7&src=DHCS_MSPSS_gn_SRCH&SPR=WIN2000

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> a drive
> mirror with W2k, it is quite different than NT.
> Environment is :
> 
> 1.2 GHz W2K Srv PDC, (2) WD 40GB drives, ATA-100 support is built
> into the
> MB(Soyo).
> 
> White papers, How-tos are what I am looking for, what I have found so
> fare
> has not been especially helpful.
> 
> The problem I am having is trying to get the second drive to "mirror"
> the
> first drive, the OS is installed on Disk One as "basic" (it fails to
> boot if
> I do a configuration "upgrade" of it). Disk two wants to setup
> "Volumes",
> Disk one wants to set up partitions.
> 
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RE: Terminal Server Printer Control Panel Hang

[Jeff Wilcox]

Also, you might need to check your settings for Virtual memory and Registry
size.

-Original Message-
From: Sean Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 12:37 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Terminal Server Printer Control Panel Hang


Try stopping and restarting the spooler service.

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
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-Original Message-
From: Nic Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 6:29 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Terminal Server Printer Control Panel Hang


Dear All
Can anyone help?
Several of the Terminal Servers ( NT4.0 Sp6 Citrix Metaframe 1.8 Sp2) that I
am
responsible for show disturbing behaviour when I open the Printer Control
Panel.
Though the machines seem to be printing OK from both manually set up and
autocreated printers, when I open the Printer Control Panel it starts
displaying the hourglass and refuses to respond.
The process can only be stopped by forcing the task to end from the Task
Manager.
While this is happennig processor usage rises from about 20% to 90+%.
The effect is seen for both ordinary and admin logons.
It only seems to  happen on terminal servers with a large 40+ number of
users.

Has anyone else experienced this or know the cause (and cure)?
Also, though I can see that processor usage increases dramatically I cannot
locate the process that is doing it. What is the Printer Control Panel
process
called?

Thanks in advance
Nicholas Wright
Systems Analyst
Stoke on Trent City Council
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RE: NetBIOS name resolves to domain name

[Jeff Wilcox]

On the server you setup, did you config dns as your firewall's ip address?
If so, take it out and just use WINS.  Reboot the system so its registered
in the WINS database.

-Original Message-
From: Niki Blowfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 10:11 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: NetBIOS name resolves to domain name


The domain that is being resolved, servername.co.uk, is not one of our
servers

We don't have any DNS servers on our LAN, we use our ISP's


-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: 24 August 2001 14:36
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: NetBIOS name resolves to domain name



Niki:

The ping difference means that DNS (or the hosts file) is resolving the
one server and WINS (lmhosts file) the other. For example, I have 2
servers (server01 and server02). I have a DNS namespace of
div1.company.com. I have both valid WINS server(s) and DNS server(s).
The 1st server, server01 is registered in DNS and the 2nd is not. My
client is setup to use DNS to first resolve the name.

When I ping server01, it replies server01.div1.company.com
[192.168.100.50], when I ping server02 DNS does not have this host name
so WINS ends up replying with server02 [192.168.100.55]. Either way
should work and would not matter to Exchange. I would check to make sure
both servers are properly registered in WINS.

Go to the CMD prompt and type: NBTSTAT -a server01  (your server name
goes
here)

You should get a listing at a minimum similar to this:
   NetBIOS Remote Machine Name Table

   Name   Type Status


--
SERVER02<00>  UNIQUE Registered
DOM01<00>  GROUP  Registered
SERVER02<20>  UNIQUE Registered

MAC Address = 99-99-99-99-99-99

The first <00> is the unique computername registration by the
workstation service. The other <00> group is the domain name registered
saying that this computer is a member of this domain or workgroup. The
<20> unique is registered by the server service I believe. You may
certainly have other entries besides these, especially if the one server
is the PDC.

I would double check your WINS settings and make sure the servers are
both registered properly in WINS. Whether the ping to a server is
answered by WINS or DNS should not matter to the NetBIOS resolution for
the Exchange server you are trying to add. Pinging any server in my
organization will always give you a servername.div1.company.com answer
to the ping.

Thanks



 

Niki Blowfield


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Hi

We have an NT4 Domain, with one Exchange 5.5 server on the PDC.

I have attempted to install another Exchange server into the site, but
the installation fails at the end, with an error asking me to check if
the directory service is started.

The service is started, so upon investigation of technet, it mentions
name resolution on the two servers.

I have checked, and when I ping the server name of the server I'm trying
to install, it resolves it to a domain name. e.g.;

ping NEWEXCHSERVER

pinging NEWEXCHSERVER.CO.UK [201.167.xxx.xxx]

etc etc

Whereas, if I ping the other way, it works okay. e.g.

ping EXISTINGEXCSERVER

pinging EXISTINGEXCSERVER [192.168.2.25]

etc

I have entered the new server into the lmhosts file of the exchange
server and rebooted, but no difference.

could this be the problem? if so, any ideas on a resolution

Nik
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