[ActiveDir] How to change the manager of a user

Hi, How do I change the manager of a user? When I get the manager property I get something like "CN=a manager,OU=..., OU=... etc." I know how to get the user object of this manager, but I don't know how to change it. I tried to put a string like "CN= another manager, OU=..., OU=..." in

[ActiveDir] Some Queries in Active Directory for Win2K

Hi, Read up your article on Active Directory called Secure Your Applications With Active Directory. It is one of the few available on the Internet that talks about writing applications using Active Directory. I am working on Active Directory myself and facing some problems. Here is

[ActiveDir] ADSI Service Provider

All, Ihave written an application whichdelivers 3G technologies, and SMS from any 2000/XP Server. The tools are complete in that they deliver the data to the devices, but I want to make the Service resolve on the enterprise DS. What records does Active DNS need, and should I Write a new

RE: [ActiveDir] How to change the manager of a user

Are you doing it through the GUI or programatically? Through the GUI, I believe it expects the display name. Programatically, you would need to use a distinguished name -- Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis - Formerly

[ActiveDir] Sending SMS via Exchange

Is there a solution to send SMSses through the Exchange server ? Greetings, Jochen Andries

[ActiveDir] Creating and using new schema

Hi, I am working on Active Directory and facing some problems. Here is the description of the same: 1. I have created a new schema using the API. 2. I am trying to create an instance of that schema. It is not allowing me to create it even after specifying all the mandatory

RE: [ActiveDir] Sending SMS via Exchange

I seem to remember faxination offering such a service, there will be loads more... -Original Message- From: Jochen Andries [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 11 October 2002 10:58 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] Sending SMS via Exchange Is there a solution to send

[ActiveDir] WINS administration

Anyone: We would like to control who has the ability to make modifications to WINS, like adding static entries, tombstoning bad records,etc. We have deployed Active Directory DC's to several nationwide offices and want to be able to delegate this control to local administrators without

RE: [ActiveDir] WINS administration

I believe, but you should still test it, that the user needs to be a local admin on the WINS server to have those privledges. Just restrict that privledge and it should word -- Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis -

[ActiveDir] OT: How to schedule a service to stop and restart?

All, I'm trying to do a system backup of my server, but not all of it is backing up since certain services are running (such as SQL SERVER). If I have my backup scheduled for 3:00AM, I would like to stop the SQL SERVER Service at 2:50AM, and restart it at 4:00AM. What is the best way to do

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: How to schedule a service to stop and restart?

From the system administration Script Guide Script Repository (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=38942) Stop a Service and Its Dependents Description Stops the NetDDE service and all its dependent services. Script Code strComputer = .Set objWMIService =

RE: [ActiveDir] WINS administration

Ok I forgot to add that the servers that WINS is running on are all domain controllers. -Original Message- From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 9:44 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] WINS administration I believe, but you

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: How to schedule a service to stop and restart?

Try using Task Scheduler to stop and start services through the command prompt and .BAT Files. -Original Message- From: Kevin Felker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 12:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[ActiveDir] OT: How to schedule a

RE: [ActiveDir] WINS administration

In that case I wonder if server operators would give enough permissions. I would suspect so since WINS is a throwback to when server operators really meant something. -Original Message- From: Dennis Meyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 12:52 PM To: '[EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: How to schedule a service to stop and restart?

e -Original Message- From: Kevin Felker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 2:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:RE: [ActiveDir] OT: How to schedule a service to stop and restart? That sounds easy, but what do I put in the batch file, someone

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: How to schedule a service to stop and restart?

Not sure if you're thinking about it, but if you are planning to use a VBS script to manage the shutdown, you might want to add logging, or even e-mail alerting (see below). I modified this slightly from another example in the script library Rick mentions below. You could possibly use it to

RE: [ActiveDir] SidHistory for former Domain Users, Domain Admins ,etc.

Richard, not quite. We're consolidating many NT4 source domains into a few W2k domains, where each OU more or less represents an NT4 domain. Mapping a Domain users of a source domain to a Domain Users in one of the domains in the forest is usually not acceptable for sites, as it increases the

RE: [ActiveDir] WINS administration

Why? 2-3 MAX for the network. That's poor design putting one per DC. -- Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity Atlanta, GA -Original Message- From: Dennis Meyer [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: How to schedule a service to stop and restar t?

f -Original Message- From: Salandra, Justin A. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 2:19 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: How to schedule a service to stop and restar t? e -Original Message- From: Kevin Felker [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: How to schedule a service to stop and restart?

Use the native backup tool in SQL server to back up the databases, and run NTBackup to backup everything except the directories that house the databases. No need to stop services. -- Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis -

Re: [ActiveDir] WINS administration

My experience tells me to run wins on the PDC / (select)BDCs at the primary and BDC per remote location. - Original Message - From: Roger Seielstad [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 3:00 PM Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] WINS administration Why? 2-3

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: How to schedule a service to stop and restar t?

g -Original Message- From: Craig Cerino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 1:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: How to schedule a service to stop and restar t? f -Original Message- From: Salandra, Justin A. [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: How to schedule a service to stop and restart t?

Provided it is JUST SQL you are having problems with --- (the beginning email did say such as SQL) I believe that is why we were giving examples of how to stop them - at least that's why I was. Geeez - that sounded awfully argumentative --- it wasn't truly -Original Message- From:

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: How to schedule a service to stop and restart?

Why not go all way and wrap the whole enchalada in one batch file? Something like: net stop {Whatever} ntbackup yada, yada, yada net start {Whatever} blat yada, yada, yada (sends email) To see ntbackup's command line options, run ntbackup /? from a command line. The easiest way to set this up

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: How to schedule a service to stop and restar t?

And so it begins late on a Friday :) -Original Message- From: Hutchins, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 3:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: How to schedule a service to stop and restar t? g -Original Message- From: Craig