RE: [ActiveDir] Error message when attempting to modify the AD Schema

2003-06-10 Thread Jeffrey Dubyn
Went through the Q article and was already doing everything as proscribed - still couldn't get the schema updated. Turned out that in the test environment there was a child domain that was never DCPROMO'd out - the server was just rebuilt. Hence, the schema update was trying to update that AD

Re: [ActiveDir] OU and GPO Design Comments

2003-06-10 Thread Tony Murray
If you use group filtering in this way, it is recommended not to use Deny. Instead use positive filtering. To do this, remove the Authenticated Users group from the ACL and then add the groups you want it to apply to using Apply Group Policy. Another approach would be to create an OU layer

[ActiveDir] Difficulty joining domain

2003-06-10 Thread Ian Moran
I have built many W2K networks using SonicWall VPN to connect branch offices (BO) to a central site. This has always worked very well. One site continues to trouble me though. This site has a W2K+Sp3 server that refuses to join the main AD domain. DNS WINS on this server point across the VPN to

RE: [ActiveDir] OU and GPO Design Comments

2003-06-10 Thread Roger Seielstad
DO you have links to any articles that show how to do WMI filtering in GPO's? I've not run across that idea, although it sounds slick. -- Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis Inc. -Original

RE: [ActiveDir] OU and GPO Design Comments

2003-06-10 Thread Tony Murray
For you Roger...of course :-) The Group Policy Infrastructure White Paper is a good read if you have a spare couple of days. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d26e88bc-d445-4e8f-aa4e-b9c27061f7caDisplayLang=en Appendix C covers WMI filtering quite comprehensively. Tony

Re: [ActiveDir] Difficulty joining domain

2003-06-10 Thread Tony Murray
It probably is a port issue. Have a look at the following article, which lists the domain controller default ports. Probably the most obvious is the ldap port (389). http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/Q289/2/41.ASPNoWebContent=1

Re: [ActiveDir] Difficulty joining domain

2003-06-10 Thread rick reynolds
have the new server look to the main site ad server running dns for dns. - Original Message - From: Ian Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 2:45 AM Subject: [ActiveDir] Difficulty joining domain I have built many W2K networks using SonicWall VPN

RE: [ActiveDir] OU and GPO Design Comments

2003-06-10 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Hey Tony, What's the thinking behind the recommendation not to use Deny for group filtering? -gil -Original Message- From: Tony Murray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 12:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] OU and GPO Design Comments If you use

[ActiveDir] Extending the Active Directory Schema

2003-06-10 Thread Pennell, Ronald B.
Has anyone extended the active directory to include the employee number as a displayed field? I understand that this field exists, but not no attributes has been set. I want to add the employee number in the displayed items when setting up the user account. Running W2K Sp3... Ron Pennell

RE: [ActiveDir] OU and GPO Design Comments

2003-06-10 Thread Tony Murray
The short answer: Because BJ Whalen (Group Policy Program Manager) told me not to at TechEd last week. :-) The longer answer: I think it has to do with the fact that Deny permissions always beat Allow in the ACE. So for someone who is a member of two groups, one allowing the policy to be

RE: [ActiveDir] OU and GPO Design Comments

2003-06-10 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Thanks... -g -Original Message- From: Tony Murray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 9:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OU and GPO Design Comments The short answer: Because BJ Whalen (Group Policy Program Manager) told me not to at TechEd last

RE: [ActiveDir] OU and GPO Design Comments

2003-06-10 Thread deji
Looks intelligent to me :) Mine is more like: |--Branches |--Enterprise |--Users |--Computers |--Groups |--HR |--Users |--Computers |--Groups |--Engineering |--Users |--Computers

RE: [ActiveDir] Difficulty joining domain

2003-06-10 Thread Ian Moran
It's doing that already. TCP/IP properties on the BO server reference DNS and WINS servers in the central site. Ian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of rick reynolds Sent: 10 June 2003 14:03 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] have the new

Re: [ActiveDir] Difficulty joining domain

2003-06-10 Thread jim . katoe
Run a port scanner from the side having troubles joining the domain. Look at the list of ports necessary in the previous post. Dynamic rpc operations are part of normal ad functions so access to randomhigh numbered ports is needed. If the port scanner tells you that some of thee needed ports

RE: [ActiveDir] Difficulty joining domain

2003-06-10 Thread Ian Moran
It does seem like that but there's a VPN tunnel between the two networks and my understanding has always been that these are protocol transparent - everything can pass. IOW, no need to open ports on either firewall. Ian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] OU and GPO Design Comments

2003-06-10 Thread Dave Kinnamon
Do you still store groups that are created by default (such as Exchange groups or built-in groups) in the Users container? ... 'Cause I had big problems when I tried to move an Exchange Admins group during initial deployment. Dave -Original Message- From: deji [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [ActiveDir] Difficulty joining domain

2003-06-10 Thread Rick Reynolds
the vpn settings are all the same??? - Original Message - From: Ian Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 11:24 AM Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Difficulty joining domain I think I tried that already, I'll have another go. I should say though that I've

Re: [ActiveDir] Difficulty joining domain

2003-06-10 Thread Rick Reynolds
correct, I do remember some hardware vpn's having a check mark to allow icmp?? and are you sure tcpip traffic does route thru the vpn to the other end?? - Original Message - From: Ian Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 11:09 AM Subject: RE:

RE: [ActiveDir] Difficulty joining domain

2003-06-10 Thread Ian Moran
Error message is The specified network name is no longer available -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Murray Sent: 10 June 2003 12:08 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] It probably is a port issue. Have a look at the following article,

RE: [ActiveDir] Difficulty joining domain

2003-06-10 Thread Ian Moran
Sorry, don't follow what you're asking. I have 4 w2k client Forests out there all bolted together using Sonic VPN. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Reynolds Sent: 10 June 2003 19:28 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] the vpn settings

RE: [ActiveDir] OU and GPO Design Comments

2003-06-10 Thread Free, Bob
Because BJ Whalen (Group Policy Program Manager) told me not to at TechEd last week. :-) He told me the same thing at DEC last month so it must be true :-] (It was also prominently featured on one of his slides) As far as your longer answer, that is also clearly noted in the GP white paper.

[ActiveDir] OT: RFP for Wireless LAN's

2003-06-10 Thread Salandra, Justin A.
Does anyone know where I can find a copy of a existing RFP for Wireless LAN's. We may be asking for bids on vendors to implement a Wireless LAN. Any help is appreciated. Justin A. Salandra, MCSE Senior Network Engineer Catholic Healthcare System 212.752.7300 primary office 917.455.0110 cell

RE: [ActiveDir] OU and GPO Design Comments

2003-06-10 Thread deji
No. THOSE guys I leave alone. I have not had any reason to-date to apply unique policies to any default account. Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE MCSA MCP+I www.akomolafe.com www.iyaburo.com Do you now realize that Today is the Tomorrow you were worried about Yesterday? -anon -Original Message-

RE: [ActiveDir] Extending the Active Directory Schema

2003-06-10 Thread Sharma, Shshank
I am thinking about something similar, such as adding attributes like allowAccessToApplicationX, allowAccessToApplicationY and so on, for users. How easy is doing something like this, anyone ? ./Shshank -Original Message- From: Pennell, Ronald B. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

RE: [ActiveDir] Difficulty joining domain

2003-06-10 Thread Free, Bob
SWAG but sometimes overlooked, is the server's time within 5 minutes of the domain? -Original Message- From: Ian Moran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 11:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think I tried that already, I'll have another go. I should say though that

RE: [ActiveDir] Extending the Active Directory Schema

2003-06-10 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
A better (read: more extensible) scheme would be create a single application object for each application you wish to secure, and use the ACLs on the objects to control access to the application. For instance, if the application is domain specific, you might put the application object in the

RE: [ActiveDir] Trying to run DCPromo and getting error 5171

2003-06-10 Thread steve
Title: Message Still having DNS problems! I was able to run NLTEST and it passed. Went through both SERVERS and verified that it had 172.16.0.30 for DNS setting. S2.fanmats.com. NSLOOKUP fails on both servers with errors. Please refer to NSLOOKUP.txt. DCDDIAG.EXE FAILS. Please

RE: [ActiveDir] Trying to run DCPromo and getting error 5171

2003-06-10 Thread Diane Ayers
Title: Message Can't find server name for address 172.16.0.30 If NSlookup can't connect to that IP address, something is fubar with the DNS service on 172.16.0.30. Can you telnet to port 53 (DNS) on that box? "telnet 172.16.0.30 53" Diane From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] Difficulty joining domain

2003-06-10 Thread Ian Moran
Bob - time is accurate. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Free, Bob Sent: 10 June 2003 21:46 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SWAG but sometimes overlooked, is the server's time within 5 minutes of the domain? -Original

Re: [ActiveDir] OU and GPO Design Comments

2003-06-10 Thread Jan Wilson
The short answer: Because BJ Whalen (Group Policy Program Manager) told me not to at TechEd last week. :-) and since it was 3:45PM on Friday the fact not the logic registered... better then me .. I stop hearing after he said never redirect application data folders List info :

RE: [ActiveDir] Trying to run DCPromo and getting error 5171

2003-06-10 Thread Rick Kingslan
Title: Message Steve, Diane - I agree that there is clearly something wrong with the DNS. But, I'm not so sure that this is the indication. This can also be caused (most likely) by a missing Reverse Lookup. This was mentioned once before - have you looked into this yet, Steve? I'm much

RE: [ActiveDir] Difficulty joining domain

2003-06-10 Thread Ian Moran
Yes they are. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Reynolds Sent: 10 June 2003 21:16 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] What I meant was are all the vpn tunnels setup the same, It sounds like they are. - Original Message -

RE: [ActiveDir] Trying to run DCPromo and getting error 5171

2003-06-10 Thread Diane Ayers
Title: Message Not being there, it hard to guess the problem via an email thread _but_ if NSlookup won't connect to a name server by IP address, that gives me a clear indication that something is up with DNS. A missing PTR record(s) should have not impact with connecting to the name server

RE: [ActiveDir] Trying to run DCPromo and getting error 5171

2003-06-10 Thread Rick Kingslan
Title: Message Replying off-line, as this whole thing is a bit out of control. By all means, Diane - you're right. It 1) shouldn't bethis flippin' hard and 2) shouldn't be this flippin' hard. As I'm sure tht you've followed, I've suggested the same thing at least twice, and Steve never

RE: [ActiveDir] Trying to run DCPromo and getting error 5171

2003-06-10 Thread Rick Kingslan
Title: Message ooops. :/ -rtk From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick KingslanSent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 10:42 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Replying off-line, as this whole thing is a bit out of control. By all means, Diane - you're right. It 1) shouldn't