RE: [ActiveDir] Trust issue

2004-04-22 Thread Rimmerman, Russ
But is this necessary since the trust is working on every other DC but this one? Isn't there some way to fix this single DC? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of E Brown Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 8:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE:

RE: [ActiveDir] Trust issue

2004-04-22 Thread Rick Kingslan
Russ, My experience with NT4 to Win2k trusts is that when they go whacky, blow the trusting and trusted away. Set the trusted, don't verify. Have the other side do their trusting. The other side should do their trusted, don't verify. Then you do your trusting - making sure that the same

RE: [ActiveDir] Trust issue

2004-04-22 Thread Rimmerman, Russ
We've set up all sorts of trusts and haven't done any sort of LMHOSTS modifications. Should we be? Is it necessary? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Kingslan Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 6:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE:

Re: [ActiveDir] Trust issue

2004-04-22 Thread ChuckGaff
You don't need to touch LMHOSTS for the trusts - just rebuild them if they are broken in the order mentioned earlier. Regards, Chuck Gafford Systems Architect, Unisys MCSE (Windows 2003/2000/NT), MCSE+I, MCT www.unisys.com List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ:

RE: [ActiveDir] User to InetOrgPerson Class

2004-04-22 Thread joe
We aren't even considering converting or making our 200k+ user objects inetorgperson objects. We have had no requirement to do so and if someone came forth with one at this point we would ask why their product wasn't written to be flexible enough to account for the de facto most popular LDAP

RE: [ActiveDir] User to InetOrgPerson Class

2004-04-22 Thread Creamer, Mark
Joe, as usual, your posts are both informative and entertaining. This one gets filed for the next time someone comes to me asking for another half-baked schema extension because the app wasn't designed right in the first place. Should be in the next hour or so if history would predict... mc

RE: [ActiveDir] User to InetOrgPerson Class

2004-04-22 Thread Roger Seielstad
Please - we're trying to not encourage him... ;) Roger -- Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis Inc. -Original Message- From: Jerry Welch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 22,

RE: [ActiveDir] User to InetOrgPerson Class

2004-04-22 Thread Michael B. Smith
And you didn't even mention the E word! :-) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joe Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 9:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] User to InetOrgPerson Class We aren't even considering converting or

RE: [ActiveDir] User to InetOrgPerson Class

2004-04-22 Thread joe
Didn't need to if you are running it, though I did dedicate an entire paragraph to it :o) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael B. Smith Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 9:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] User to

RE: [ActiveDir] User to InetOrgPerson Class

2004-04-22 Thread joe
Roger, you are just mad because you were typing up the same note and I typed it and sent it out faster... Oh well I have to get back to unburying myself. Just came in to spot check to see what you all were saying behind my back... I should be back hard core in a week or two. In the meanwhile I

[ActiveDir] DNS Server Using its own IP as a Primary DNS

2004-04-22 Thread Justin_Leney
Hi All, I have 2 remote sites, one in Singapore and the other in Sydney. I am going to configure a new DC/DNS/GC for Sydney. Singapore has 2 domain controllers running DNS. The new system in Sydney uses the DC's in Singapore as it's primary/secondary DNS. After I run DCPROMO and

RE: [ActiveDir] DNS Server Using its own IP as a Primary DNS

2004-04-22 Thread Creamer, Mark
Wasnt this one on the exam? The cities sound familiar;-) Anyway, why force a DC to go elsewhere for its DNS info just make it query itself and make DNS AD-integrated. mc -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 22,

[ActiveDir]Default printer logon script OT

2004-04-22 Thread Don Stallworth
I may be a little off in my topic, please bear with me. I've been using group policies with a startup script to install the default printer on some lab machines (i use the printui.dll). All worked fine with the Win2K client. As soon as we deployed WinXP clients, the magic ceased?? I've

RE: [ActiveDir] DNS Server Using its own IP as a Primary DNS

2004-04-22 Thread Salandra, Justin A.
The only problem with that is creating a DNS Island. Why not have the DNS servers point to each other to avoid that problem? Not knowing the way in which they are connected (T1, 56K dialup, etc) it would be hard to answer that question. You can also configure DNS to point to itself and

RE: [ActiveDir] User to InetOrgPerson Class

2004-04-22 Thread Roger Seielstad
Or Universal Groups! Apparently the therapy is working -- Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis Inc. -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday,

Re: [ActiveDir] DNS Server Using its own IP as a Primary DNS

2004-04-22 Thread Brent Westmoreland
Follow the recommendations in the document, for DC's with DNS they will help to avoid the island effect. http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=825036 On Apr 22, 2004, at 10:27 AM, Salandra, Justin A. wrote: x-tad-biggerThe only problem with that is creating a DNS Island. Why not have the DNS

RE: [ActiveDir]Default printer logon script OT

2004-04-22 Thread Jason D. Hatter
You may need to upgradegroup policy. (http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/Articles/q307/9/00.asp) From: Don Stallworth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 9:25 AMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [ActiveDir]Default printer logon script OT I may be a little off in my

RE: [ActiveDir] DNS Server Using its own IP as a Primary DNS

2004-04-22 Thread Creamer, Mark
Yep, youre right Justinmore info would help. I would make the Sydney servers primary DNS its own IP, and its secondary would be Singapores. mc -Original Message- From: Salandra, Justin A. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 10:27 AM To: [EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] DNS Server Using its own IP as a Primary DNS

2004-04-22 Thread Roger Seielstad
Absolutely have it point to the remote DC. If it points to itself, you run the risk of it becoming isolated, which is bad. -- Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis Inc. From: [EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] User to InetOrgPerson Class

2004-04-22 Thread Roger Seielstad
Um, yeah. That's right. If I wasn't spending all day yesterday trying to fix a Linux box, I would have definitely written the same thing. -- Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis Inc. -Original

RE: [ActiveDir] DNS Server Using its own IP as a Primary DNS

2004-04-22 Thread Roger Seielstad
Anyway, why force a DC to go elsewhere for its DNS info just make it query itself and make DNS AD-integrated. Because replication will break? AD replication relies on, among other things, correct DNS entries to find the other DCs, and if they're missing, you're screwed. If the DC only

RE: [ActiveDir] DNS Server Using its own IP as a Primary DNS

2004-04-22 Thread David Rudolph
Title: Message Isn't there a risk, if the link to the remote DC were to fail, that the DC would be unable to refresh its own DNS records resulting in loss of services? David -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roger

Re: [ActiveDir] DNS Server Using its own IP as a Primary DNS

2004-04-22 Thread ChuckGaff
It sounds like multiple people are in agreement - avoid the island effect, run DNS in Sydney on the DC but point the secondary DNS IP to Singapore... Chuck Gafford Systems Architect, Unisys MCSE (Windows 2003, 2000, NT 4.0), MCSE+I, MCT List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List

RE: [ActiveDir] Trust issue

2004-04-22 Thread Rocky Habeeb
Russ, I'm battling this same problem right now. It worked and now it doesn't. Mark Minasi says you can fix this with an LMHosts file. I run them and it helps. You can set one up for just this unit if you want, but I would be willing to bet you joe's (YMYMYM) salary that the problem you're

RE: [ActiveDir] DNS Server Using its own IP as a Primary DNS

2004-04-22 Thread Justin_Leney
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RE: [ActiveDir] DNS Server Using its own IP as a Primary DNS

2004-04-22 Thread Roger Seielstad
Personally, even though its officially resolved, I still don't completely trust it - and there's such a low overhead with making the DC's nearest neighbor its DNS server that its not detrimental if done. I also tend to have 2 DCs in each location that rates a DC, so they point to each

RE: [ActiveDir] DNS Server Using its own IP as a Primary DNS

2004-04-22 Thread Roger Seielstad
Title: Message That risk is relatively small, since the expiry times are fairly long. -- Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis Inc. From: David Rudolph [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

[ActiveDir] Login script problems

2004-04-22 Thread rmcdonald
I just wanted to say this newgroup is GREAT and has saved me a lot of calls to Microsoft but this last problem is killing me. What is going on is I have a login script assigned to the user and if the user logs into Windows XP it works perfect, the script is just net using a few drives. Now if the

[ActiveDir] Extending ADUC

2004-04-22 Thread Devan Pala
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RE: [ActiveDir] Login script problems

2004-04-22 Thread Mulnick, Al
Have you tried logging? You can write each step and it's return value as the script runs. Alternatively, you could run the script on the w2K workstation in debug mode to see what's happening line for line to see where the error occurs. Al From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] Login script problems

2004-04-22 Thread Brian Desmond
If you logon to one of the affected machines (as an affected user) and run a gpresult /scope user. Is the logon script in the list? Are you using loopback processing to assign this setting? If so, are the machines in an OU which is getting the GPO with the loopback

RE: [ActiveDir] Login script problems

2004-04-22 Thread rmcdonald
I have not tried logging, what do I have to do to set this up? The script is a .bat file and it works fine if I copy it to the computer and have the user dbl click it. Mulnick, Al [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/22/2004 04:44 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [ActiveDir] Login script problems

2004-04-22 Thread Rod Trent
Can you post a copy of the script? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 3:35 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [ActiveDir] Login script problems I just wanted to say this newgroup is GREAT and has saved me a lot of

[ActiveDir] Clustering

2004-04-22 Thread Mike Hogenauer
Does anyone know if MS still requires an external drive array for a cluster or if theres a way around it, Vertias other 3rd party, etc? Mike

RE: [ActiveDir] Login script problems

2004-04-22 Thread rmcdonald
I got it working now, thanks for all of the help everyone. Just a few wrong words were causing the problems. Rod Trent [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/22/2004 04:49 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc Subject RE: [ActiveDir] Login

Re: [ActiveDir] Clustering

2004-04-22 Thread Brent Westmoreland
http://www.nsisoftware.com/pro/geocluster/datasheets/ Check this one out, it may do what you need, but the cost would probably be equivalent to a disk cabinet. So what you are buying is flexibility. I haven't used the product, but NSI gets high marks from most places. Brent On Apr 22, 2004,

RE: [ActiveDir] Clustering

2004-04-22 Thread deji
Majority Node Set Clusters is a new feature in Windows 2003 Clustering. This is billed as a way around the dedicated shared disks requirement. If you have no NEED for a dedicated shared storage, then, yes don't HAVE to have one. This is all a book knowledge I'm regurgitating here. I haven't

RE: [ActiveDir] Trust issue

2004-04-22 Thread E Brown
Gentlemen, I just wanted to give you a few final notes for future reference. 1. Use netdom as the authoritative trust verifier over nltest and the GUI. Add the /verbose switch will give you exact details. You will see cached result using nltest and the gui on occasion as well. 2. You don't