RE: [ActiveDir] replication

2004-03-25 Thread GRILLENMEIER,GUIDO (HP-Germany,ex1)
during replication you doen't need to reach a GC - but you do need to reach the _msdcs zone of the forest root, which contains GUIDs of the domains and all the DCs. These are used to setup the replication links (not the names of the DCs). hosting a secondary zone of the _msdcs zone of the forest

RE: [ActiveDir] Accidentally deleted OU with lots of users

2004-03-25 Thread GRILLENMEIER,GUIDO (HP-Germany,ex1)
just replied on the gripe thing ;-) and yes - pls. allow for replication of the tombstones (in reality you'd not necessarily have a chance to take down your production DC on which the deletion was performed before it replicates the tombstones out to other DCs of the same or another domain).

RE: [ActiveDir] Recover a Domain

2004-03-25 Thread Jorge de Almeida Pinto
Title: Message Hi, If one of the domains in a forest dies on you the procedure is as follows (in a nutshell): * Install the OS or reboot in DSRM if possible * Restore system state * No need to authoritatively restore the database!!! * Increase RidManagerPool in the domain * Seize domain

RE: [ActiveDir] Recover a Domain

2004-03-25 Thread Peeter Ulst
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[ActiveDir] Windows 95 clients mapping drives to Win2003 member server and GPO's

2004-03-25 Thread Steve Schofield
I'm troubleshooting win95 clients that have to map a drive to a windows 2003 member server in AD 2003. The win95 clients login locally with an account called Generic The win95 are terminals and aren't in the domain. To get around mapping to the w2k3 member server share, we created a guest user

RE: [ActiveDir] Can Microsoft Active Directory be configured to authenticate to an external ldap server ??

2004-03-25 Thread Lara Adianto
Thanks to Brent and Arden who have given me some insights, though I'm not fully successful yet, but I can see a progress... Apparently, my biggest problem was the DNS server setup. I managed to come over the problem (phiughh) Now, the problem is when a client wants to login with the domain set

[ActiveDir] RESTORE

2004-03-25 Thread Kern, Tom
Anyone know of a way to restore a child domain for a DR test, without any connectivity to the root domain of the forest? I don't need the chema or domain naming roles. I just want to get up and functional enough for user access and basic everyday use. This also involves restoring Exchange

RE: [ActiveDir] Remote Desktop

2004-03-25 Thread jpsalemi
i have a question here: unless something has changed, domain admins should be populated in the local administrators group when you join the domain...so, by default they should have remote access rights. there are ways to block this with policy, and the most obvious one would be to use

RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange 2003 and Firewalls

2004-03-25 Thread Salandra, Justin A.
We are trying that route, however they can be very stubborn some times. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rutherford, Robert Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 3:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange

RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange 2003 and Firewalls

2004-03-25 Thread Salandra, Justin A.
I believe their firewall is using NAT. There is no IPSEC anywhere. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 3:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange 2003 and

RE: [ActiveDir] disaster recovery

2004-03-25 Thread Salandra, Justin A.
If you don't have the forest root DNS zone then you are missing the _msdcs zone which is needed for replication to occur. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kern, Tom Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 1:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

RE: [ActiveDir] disaster recovery

2004-03-25 Thread Mulnick, Al
Title: [ActiveDir] disaster recovery Just out of curiousity, why did you deploy a forest root structure? Why didn't you go with a single domain structure? Otherwise, Who manages the schema without the root? Who manages the domain naming master in your environment (both are at the root,

RE: [ActiveDir] Remote Desktop

2004-03-25 Thread Philadelphia, Lynden - Revios Toronto
I thought that was the case Domain Admins have access to Remote Desktop by default. But how do you activate it via AD. If the Allow users to connect remotely to this computer is not checked this is useless. Lynden -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [ActiveDir] Remote Desktop

2004-03-25 Thread George
I tried this last night on my test machine and the domain admins are automatically populated in the local admin group -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 15:17 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE:

[ActiveDir] Server Membership

2004-03-25 Thread Strand, Ted
Title: Server Membership Does anyone know if a server is taken off the wire, how long before its machine account is removed or out of synch with the domain? We regularly break a mirror of the OS when we do service packs and patches. A drive may sit on the shelf for a few days before we decide

RE: [ActiveDir] Remote Desktop

2004-03-25 Thread Darren Mar-Elia
You can use this custom ADM to enable that little check box. I can't claim credit for it however. It was posted by a guy named Joe Elway from Ireland on the GPO forum I moderate. Pretty useful. ;;; CLASS MACHINE ;; ;;; CATEGORY

RE: [ActiveDir] Server Membership

2004-03-25 Thread Darren Mar-Elia
Title: Server Membership 30 days is the default machine account password renewal interval--I believe--on Win2k and above. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Strand, TedSent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 8:45 AMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [ActiveDir] Server

Re: [ActiveDir] Server Membership

2004-03-25 Thread Tony Murray
If it's Windows 2000 the password is automatically changed every 30 days, but you have the option to disable this, see: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;154501 Tony -- Original Message -- Wrom: OTQNQEMSFDULHPQQWOYIYZUNNYCGPKYLEJGD

[ActiveDir] Exchange 2003 DL

2004-03-25 Thread Salandra, Justin A.
I have a issue here that I am struggling with. On Exchange 5.5, I was able to add people to be able to modify the membership of DL through outlook without them having to be the Manager or owner of the DL. Now that I am on Exchange 2003, what permissions do groups or user accounts need to have

RE: [ActiveDir] disaster recovery

2004-03-25 Thread Kern, Tom
going to AD was something decided by the higher ups to merge my corp and our sister corp into a smealess whole. The sister corp already had AD in place and they own the root. our IT depts. don't exactly communicate or relate to each other very well :) i'm sure its like that in alot of places.

RE: [ActiveDir] Remote Desktop

2004-03-25 Thread jpsalemi
well, at least on my xp box setting a gpo on my test ou computer configuration/administrative templates/windows components/terminal services/allow users to connect remotely using terminal services...setting this to enabled, checks the box, and greys it out imho, much better to

RE: [ActiveDir] Remote Desktop

2004-03-25 Thread Darren Mar-Elia
Yea, that works too :-) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 9:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Remote Desktop well, at least on my xp box setting a gpo on my test

[ActiveDir] Remote Desktop Issue

2004-03-25 Thread Gilbert, Daniel L Mr ANOSC/FCBS
To All: I have a Remote Desktop issue that is driving me nuts. Servers are Windows Server 2003. I have a root domain spread across to two different sites, both physically (East Coast and West Coast) and AD wise (AD East and AD West). My two Enterprise Admins are members of a child

[ActiveDir] OT: DHCP server applicance recommendations.

2004-03-25 Thread Burns, Clyde
Anyone using a dedicated appliance for DHCP instead of the builtin service for 2000 / 2003? Im looking for something both intergrates with 2000/2003 andhas very very granular control over the tasks associated with DHCP. Like only able to add/remove reservations (and not change/add/delete

Re: [ActiveDir] Remote Desktop Issue

2004-03-25 Thread Tim Hines
What error does he get when trying to connect using a terminal session? - Original Message - From: Gilbert, Daniel L Mr ANOSC/FCBS To: ActiveDir ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 1:58 PM Subject: [ActiveDir] Remote Desktop Issue To

RE: [ActiveDir] Remote Desktop

2004-03-25 Thread Philadelphia, Lynden - Revios Toronto
I don't have terminal services. How can I get an up-to-date adm Lynden -Original Message- From: Darren Mar-Elia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 1:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Remote Desktop Yea, that works too :-) -Original

RE: [ActiveDir] disaster recovery

2004-03-25 Thread GRILLENMEIER,GUIDO (HP-Germany,ex1)
Title: [ActiveDir] disaster recovery Ad is supposed to be a enterprise directory where most enterprises span the globe and have multiple sister corps or corps they've merged with or aquired. these corps have thier own domains and IT depts. That's not how AD is supposed to be - that's merely

RE: [ActiveDir] Remote Desktop

2004-03-25 Thread jpsalemi
it must be the default xp templates...if you create the policy from an xp box, it should use them.. |-+-- | | Philadelphia, Lynden -| | | Revios Toronto| | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]| |

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: DHCP server applicance recommendations.

2004-03-25 Thread Mulnick, Al
I never thought to decentralize the administration of DHCP, but wouldn't that be possible with Active Directory permissions? Lucent used to have a product that you may want to take a look at. Can't recall the name, but it may have what you're after if the Active Directory permissions route

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: DHCP server applicance recommendations.

2004-03-25 Thread Creamer, Mark
I think our WAN guys evaluated some appliance from Infoblox, I didnt get to see it. We stayed with the OS-based solution mc

RE: [ActiveDir] Accidentally deleted OU with lots of users

2004-03-25 Thread David Wentworth
Folks, I'm the one who started this thread and this discussion has be very informative. The one lesson I got from this is the importance of having a test environment and testing various restore scenarios. That has proven hard to sell to management but I'll press harder. Not having experience

[ActiveDir] _Msdcs.domain.com Zone Creation

2004-03-25 Thread Nathan Casey
I am setting a lab to test AD migration and have a question about _Msdcs.domain.com Zone Creation.dcpromo with DNS configured first:installed DNS and forward lookup zone (domain.gov). Server points to itself as primary DNS server and registered itself in the domain.gov zone.I then ran

RE: [ActiveDir] Remote Desktop Issue

2004-03-25 Thread Daniel L. Gilbert
No error message. He gets the logon prompt, logs on, the screen flashes applying settings then the terminal session screen closes out. Really weird. Dan From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Hines Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 12:35 PM To: