RE: [ActiveDir] multiple sites DNS question

2004-02-10 Thread mathif
Title: Message Dear Montano, The local computers must and shud always point to the DNS server of their site. Like in SITE 2, lOCAL DNS shuld be DC3. Pointing to tha main Dc is not recommended. Cheers, Mohammed AThif Khaleel -Original Message-From: Montano, Greg

RE: [ActiveDir] (drifting OT) DNS SOA entered incorrectly during installation

2004-02-10 Thread Roger Seielstad
Title: Message I completely agree, pretty much across the board. Part of Novell's original demise, IMO, was that the were not a single source solution - you went to them for the servers and someone else for the 50-100x more clients. Their recent moves lead me to believe that they might

RE: [ActiveDir] multiple sites DNS question

2004-02-10 Thread Roger Seielstad
Title: Message That's not entirely true. Where they point, in the grand scheme of things, is more or less irrelevant. However, pointing them locally has some advantages. The only real advantages from pointing locally are that replication delays (for AD integrated DNS) aren't as much of a

RE: [ActiveDir] multiple sites DNS question

2004-02-10 Thread Santhosh Sivarajan
Title: Message Pointing to tha main Dc is not recommended Can you explain why? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 1:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] multiple sites DNS question

[ActiveDir] Changing DHCP Servers

2004-02-10 Thread Jerry Johnson
Everyone I have added a w2k3 DC into our network and am gradually giving it more responsibility, so far so good. The next thing I want to do is make it our DHCP server (currently being held by win2k server that is going to be formatted and made into w2k3). I have created an identical

[ActiveDir] Mixed Exchange and Mixed AD Modes

2004-02-10 Thread Jb Leney
Title: Message Hi, this is a (hopefully) quick question that I have not had much luck researching. We're running Exchange 5.5 and Exchange 2000. Our domain is in Mixed mode. We have a business need to go to Native mode very soon, maybe even today. We have no more NT4 DC's, although

[ActiveDir] DNS Name Question

2004-02-10 Thread Brian
Title: DNS Name Question Hello! Pardon me for a basic question, but an important question I need to understand... We are finally in the beginning phase of moving to AD from NT 4.0 environment and in the process of picking DNS name for our company. Our environment is pretty simple

RE: [ActiveDir] Changing DHCP Servers

2004-02-10 Thread Santhosh Sivarajan
Dont forget to change the IP helper address. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jerry Johnson Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 7:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] Changing DHCP Servers Everyone I have added a w2k3 DC into our

RE: [ActiveDir] Changing DHCP Servers

2004-02-10 Thread Santhosh Sivarajan
Oh! Authorize the DHCP Sever in AD From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jerry Johnson Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 7:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] Changing DHCP Servers Everyone I have added a w2k3 DC into our network and

RE: [ActiveDir] DNS Name Question

2004-02-10 Thread Stephen W. Corey - 5535
Title: Message http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;296250 There's a link that explains it. It talks about SBS Server 2000, but it applies to any 2000/2003 DNS implementation. -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

RE: [ActiveDir] Mixed Exchange and Mixed AD Modes

2004-02-10 Thread Santhosh Sivarajan
Title: Message Should be alright! Just curious, did you migrate the users without SID History? The minimum requirement for the SID History migration is windows 2000 native domain. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jb Leney Sent: Tuesday, February

RE: [ActiveDir] Changing DHCP Servers

2004-02-10 Thread Celone, Mike
There's a utility in the Win2k Resource kit called DHCPEXIM. You can also get it here http://tinyurl.com/36j2m. I know it works for Win2k, not sure about Win2k3 though. Mike Celone Systems Specialist Radio Frequency Systems v 203-630-3311 x1031 f 203-634-2027 m 203-537-2406 From:

RE: [ActiveDir] Computer Migration Issues with ADMT - FIXED :- )

2004-02-10 Thread Celone, Mike
Title: RE: [ActiveDir] Computer Migration Issues with ADMT - FIXED :- ) I haven't moved anymore machines in the lab yet. I'll be migrating about 25 machines or so Wed night and I can let you know how it goes then. Mike Celone Systems Specialist Radio Frequency Systems v 203-630-3311 x1031

RE: [ActiveDir] Mixed Exchange and Mixed AD Modes

2004-02-10 Thread mathif
Title: Message I guess when u have NT 4 Domain, you must be in native mode. -Original Message-From: Jb Leney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 4:57 PMTo: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'Subject: [ActiveDir] Mixed Exchange and Mixed AD Modes Hi, this is a

RE: [ActiveDir] Changing DHCP Servers

2004-02-10 Thread mathif
Yes, if you have the same ip address for new DHCP Server + i guess the clients shuld renew their ipaddress again -Original Message-From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 4:52 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [ActiveDir] Changing DHCP

RE: [ActiveDir] Changing DHCP Servers

2004-02-10 Thread Santhosh Sivarajan
It wont work with Windows 2003. But you can use Netsh command to import to windows 2003. Here is the syntax Netsh DHCP Server Import File Name All Thanks, Santhosh From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Celone, Mike Sent: Tuesday, February 10,

RE: [ActiveDir] Mixed Exchange and Mixed AD Modes

2004-02-10 Thread Jb Leney
Title: Message Super, thanks Mike. Just wanted to verify with the experts one this one... Justin L. x4903 -Original Message-From: Celone, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 9:12 AMTo: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Mixed

RE: [ActiveDir] Changing DHCP Servers

2004-02-10 Thread rrutherford
MS have a tool called DHCPexim... http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/tools/new/dhcpexim-o.asp I'm not sure if it works under 2003 but I've used it a few times under 2000 with no problems. Robert Rutherford +44 (0)1305 208232 +44 (0)7970 122362 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by:

RE: [ActiveDir] Mixed Exchange and Mixed AD Modes

2004-02-10 Thread Jb Leney
Title: Message Good question...actually, no we have not migrated users yet. In fact, an external NT4-2000 AD migration using ADMT is the main reason we need to go Native. Migrating with SIDHistory enabledalso. The main issues I was worried about was thatsomething might break with Exch

RE: [ActiveDir] multiple sites DNS question

2004-02-10 Thread mathif
Title: Message -Original Message-From: Santhosh Sivarajan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 4:48 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] multiple sites DNS question "Pointing to tha main Dc is not recommended" Can you explain why?

RE: [ActiveDir] multiple sites DNS question

2004-02-10 Thread mathif
Title: Message Coz it will consume a lot of traffic and will certainly affect tha replication.Sicne these LOCAL DNS servers ar also GLOBAL CATALOG SERVERS the clients wont have any authentication issues. Now, these local dns servers can point to tha ROOT SERVER. Designing wise this is how

RE: [ActiveDir] Mixed Exchange and Mixed AD Modes

2004-02-10 Thread Rich Milburn
Title: Message Make a last check that you dont have any older software that might be doing authentication that looks for an NT PDC, and that you dont have any strange stuff that must be run on a DC. Ive seen a security admin package break when I switched to Native mode native mode changes

RE: [ActiveDir] Changing DHCP Servers

2004-02-10 Thread Ken Cornetet
Title: Message DHCPExim does not work (or at least isn't supported) on 2003, but you don't need it. See KB 325473 -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 9:47 AMTo: [EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] Changing DHCP Servers

2004-02-10 Thread Rich Milburn
Even without the same IP, clients will check their DHCP server that the lease is still valid up until a certain point, then theyll look for any DHCP server. They might (I think they do, IIRC) log errors in the event log, but the clients will switch to the new DHCP server without any

RE: [ActiveDir] Changing DHCP Servers

2004-02-10 Thread Roger Seielstad
Title: Message I'd suggest against running DHCP on a domain controller, due to a know security issue. However, its a fairly small window of opportunity, but it is a ugly hole if it is exploited. -- Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE

RE: [ActiveDir] Mixed Exchange and Mixed AD Modes

2004-02-10 Thread Jb Leney
Title: Message Excellent point Rich...I will have to dig around and see of we have any strange legacy apps that will fail. Offhand, anyone know if Citrix has problems against Native mode? (I know, very generic question; I am not the Citrix admin here...) Thanks, Justin L. x4903

RE: [ActiveDir] Mixed Exchange and Mixed AD Modes

2004-02-10 Thread Roger Seielstad
Title: Message You should be able to go native with zero impact. Exchange 5.5 lives without a problem in a Native AD org. -- Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis Inc. -Original

RE: [ActiveDir] multiple sites DNS question

2004-02-10 Thread Roger Seielstad
Title: Message Actually, DNS traffic in general is fairly light - I've run orgs in which 80+ physical locations ran off 2-3 DNS servers, across WAN's, without issues. Technically, there's no need for more than 2 DNS servers in a lot of AD scenarios. Keep in mind that a client queries DNS

RE: [ActiveDir] Changing DHCP Servers

2004-02-10 Thread Santhosh Sivarajan
Title: Message It wont work with Windows 2003. But you can use Netsh command to import to windows 2003. Here is the syntax Netsh DHCP Server Import File Name All From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken Cornetet Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004

RE: [ActiveDir] Password Expiration

2004-02-10 Thread Rosales, Mario
Thanks to everyone!! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Free, Bob Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 4:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Password Expiration Anyone know what the default Notification of password expiring is

RE: [ActiveDir] Password Expiration

2004-02-10 Thread rmcdonald
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RE: [ActiveDir] Mixed Exchange and Mixed AD Modes

2004-02-10 Thread GRILLENMEIER,GUIDO (HP-Germany,ex1)
Title: Message switching to native doesn't change the security model (other than allowing you to do new things, such as the creation of universal security groups and leveraging SIDhistory). Apps would have failed already, after you've inplace-upgraded your NT4 domain to 2000 and at this

RE: [ActiveDir] multiple sites DNS question

2004-02-10 Thread GRILLENMEIER,GUIDO (HP-Germany,ex1)
Title: Message what version OS are we talking about? and are these the only domains in your forest - i.e. this domain is also the forest root? and I guess we are assuming that you're using AD integrated DNS for this domain only (and as such the DNS zone data exists on all DCs) - right?

RE: [ActiveDir] Changing DHCP Servers

2004-02-10 Thread GRILLENMEIER,GUIDO (HP-Germany,ex1)
Title: Message Roger makes an important point - shouldn't forget that clients can "use" the DHCP server to hijack the DCs address simply by registering the same name (MS DHCP servers will happily overwrite their own name record in DNS, if configured to register client's names in DNS !!!)

RE: [ActiveDir] Using ADMT to move user between domain

2004-02-10 Thread GRILLENMEIER,GUIDO (HP-Germany,ex1)
SID always changes when moving objects Even between Domains in same AD forest. Only GUID would stay the same in this case (which is enough to keep the user-profile on Win2000 / XP client - although there are some limitations). If you're in native mode, you'd at least keep the old SID in the

[ActiveDir] Event 13562 errors on FRS

2004-02-10 Thread rmcdonald
I wanted to check to see if anyone has worked with this error in the past. I think the person before me deleted some objects because he did not know what they did and now it's causing FRS problems. I read the technet # 312862 and it helped a little but does anyone know of anything else to look

RE: [ActiveDir] Changing DHCP Servers

2004-02-10 Thread Frank Buechler
Title: Message I agree, but in my case I have no choice. But, as to your question, yes it is as simple as that. Just deactivate the scope on the win2k box, and activate it on your w2k3 box. One thing I noticed, shutting down DHCP server on the w2k3 box and restarting it was necessary.

RE: [ActiveDir] Changing DHCP Servers

2004-02-10 Thread Arendt, Jordan LRN
Title: Message Wow! Do you have really mobile users? Why 4 hours? Just curious. Jordan From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: February 10, 2004 1:27 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Changing DHCP Servers Actually, there's another

RE: [ActiveDir] Event 13562 errors on FRS

2004-02-10 Thread Bruce Clingaman
See step 4 at http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/default.asp?url=""> I am getting Event ID 13508. The step says there might be a problem with the RPC service. The others steps check out ok, I have 13gb on the staging area, 3gb staging area limit, etc. Got any ideas?

RE: [ActiveDir] Event 13562 errors on FRS

2004-02-10 Thread Mulnick, Al
Were you able to read the event viewer from the opposite computer? Do you have any entries in the system log that relate? Al From: Bruce Clingaman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 5:13 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Event 13562 errors on FRS

RE: [ActiveDir] Mixed Exchange and Mixed AD Modes

2004-02-10 Thread joe
Title: Message I have to call you out on this one Rich... Sorry buddy. Times places and dates please. :oP Authentication and machines looking for the PDC should have no problems. I have a ton of old NT4 code that hasn't the foggiest clue it runs against W2K whether in native or not. I

RE: [ActiveDir] Mixed Exchange and Mixed AD Modes

2004-02-10 Thread joe
Title: Message I wouldn't completely agree with you as I have seen a case to the otherwise, but mostly I agree with you. :o) My main thing I tell people, test in the lab with your primary LOB stuff and make sure you don't get impacted there before setting your world on fire. joe From:

RE: [ActiveDir] Event 13562 errors on FRS

2004-02-10 Thread joe
Here here. I agree with Al. Shoot the person who deleted things they didn't know about. If you don't know what it is, you back away. If you find that happening more often than not set your admin ID to a random password and fill out an application at Wendy's. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [ActiveDir] (drifting OT) DNS SOA entered incorrectly during installation

2004-02-10 Thread joe
Title: Message We will have to carry this discussion on at the Summit with beers. Probably in the bar at the Ren., we will grab Dean and everyone else that shows up who can put two words together and form the sentence "draft please". Working as a consultant at a company that is trying to

[ActiveDir] MS04-006 - Serious hole that needs patching - think Blaster++

2004-02-10 Thread joe
You guys have probably all seen this, but just in case This thing has greater potential than Blaster due to the fact that there are more vectors for it to come in through... Pulled from the Full Disclosure ListServ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] MS04-006 - Serious hole that needs patching - think Blaster++

2004-02-10 Thread William Lefkovics
Except that is really MS04-007. And [EMAIL PROTECTED] goes to me. :o) RPC/DCOM was actually easy to defend against in many ways. For ASN, the range of methods for leveraging this vulnerability are many and varied. Granted, we had 6 months to think about it. William Lefkovics, ExchangeMVP eEye

RE: [ActiveDir] MS04-007 - Serious hole that needs patching - think Blaster++

2004-02-10 Thread joe
Yeah MS04-007 is what I said Doh! Thanks for the correction. :o) I have an excuse, I am in argument with my TAM about the wording in MS04-006. While it isn't as bad as the wording in 007, it is still bad. With 007 you would think it was a simple matter of someone spilled some coffee on