RE: [ActiveDir] Active Directory DN for new setup

2006-09-12 Thread Ansar Mohammed
You can use ADAM for this. ADAM supports X.500 compliant naming contexts. http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/0dcb8e13-4ebb-4fae-98 87-c51d9010bede1033.mspx?mfr=true > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:ActiveDir- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bri

RE: [ActiveDir] Converting OpenLDAP to Active Directory

2006-09-12 Thread Ansar Mohammed
Depends on what you mean "converting" What are you storing in your AD? Are the users InetOrgPerson or customized? How are you authenticating users? Either way you can check out this tool: http://www.ldapeditor.com it allows you to "right click - copy" from one directory server to the next. I use

Re: [ActiveDir] OT: Management Solutions

2006-09-12 Thread Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
How big of space? Not sure what size you are but down here we're Level Platforms, Kasaya, HoundDog, the brand new SCE beta (just opened Friday from Microsoft), but like one of the guys at the SBS summit just recently said... the tool is irrelevant sometimes.. it's the process that counts. Al

Re: [ActiveDir] OT: Management Solutions

2006-09-12 Thread Albert Duro
I do not recommend Altiris.  At first it was great, except for the incomprehensible report generator.  Gradually, weaknesses and annoyances started cropping up, and then the death blow: a major upgrade that destroyed itself, the previous installation, and nearly destroyed the server.   So yo

RE: [ActiveDir] dsget error

2006-09-12 Thread Brian Desmond
The query is probably timing out.   Get Joe’s ADfind and run something like this:   Adfind –default –f “(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user))” displayName samAccountName pwdLastSet   You can tag a –csv on there too   Thanks, Brian Desmond [EMAIL PROTECTED]   c - 312.73

[ActiveDir] dsget error

2006-09-12 Thread Clay, Justin \(ITS\)
Any time I try to run a large query using dsquery and dsget where I pipe it to a text file for output, I eventually get a “dsget failed:The server is not operational.” error from dsget. I’ve searched the Internet for this and seen posts from a couple of other people who have had this issue,

RE: [ActiveDir] Isolating a DC

2006-09-12 Thread Brian Puhl
Assuming that you don't want users hitting the DC for performance reasons, then take a look at the attached doc.  It says it's for Exchange, but can be used for any application.  This doesn't block traffic, but makes the configured DC's to be the least preferable/discoverable by clients.   M

Re: [ActiveDir] Locking Down Wireless

2006-09-12 Thread wilson chang
Dave, Are you averse to a non-Microsoft approach? I ask because depending on the make/model of your laptop and/or wireless card, there may be other options. For example, ThinkPads come with the Access Connection Manager - an applet that controls a great many detailed configuration settings pert

RE: [ActiveDir] Specifying builtin accounts in GPO settings.

2006-09-12 Thread Brian Desmond
And if you think about it they couldn’t – if you have two DCs running IIS they both have IUSR and IWAM accounts in AD, so SIDs have to be different.   Thanks, Brian Desmond [EMAIL PROTECTED]   c - 312.731.3132   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

RE: [ActiveDir] Specifying builtin accounts in GPO settings.

2006-09-12 Thread Brian Desmond
They do not have well known SIDs   Thanks, Brian Desmond [EMAIL PROTECTED]   c - 312.731.3132   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darren Mar-Elia Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 2:29 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir

RE: [ActiveDir] Converting OpenLDAP to Active Directory

2006-09-12 Thread Brian Desmond
Well what do you want resources on - that's a pretty open ended question. Thanks, Brian Desmond [EMAIL PROTECTED] c - 312.731.3132 > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:ActiveDir- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Brown > Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 2:25 PM >

RE: [ActiveDir] Active Directory DN for new setup

2006-09-12 Thread Brian Desmond
The programmers are have to learn sooner or later. Tell them to learn now. Buy them a couple copies of Joe Kaplan & Ryan Dunn's book if they're using .Net. I'm in the middle of a project to get a large government client off of SunONE and onto AD. One thing we discovered during this project is that

Re: [ActiveDir] Active Directory DN for new setup

2006-09-12 Thread Al Mulnick
Have you seen AD/AM? The x.500 like path you describe is not much different than using the domain context specified below. But it is different I'll give you that. I would think that it would be a great opportunity for your programmers to learn how to use things like rootdse vs. specifying servers

RE: [ActiveDir] Specifying builtin accounts in GPO settings.

2006-09-12 Thread Darren Mar-Elia
Matt- I don't think these accounts have well-known SIDs, so I'm not sure that's going to help. You can easily verify using psgetsid from Sysinternals. I checked a couple accounts here (though they were domain accounts) and they were not well-known SIDs.   Darren   Darren Mar-Elia For compreh

[ActiveDir] Converting OpenLDAP to Active Directory

2006-09-12 Thread Matt Brown
Anybody seen any good resources or info on converting OpenLDAP to Active Directory? Thanks, -- Matt Brown Information Technology System Specialist V Eastern Washington University List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ: http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive:

[ActiveDir] Active Directory DN for new setup

2006-09-12 Thread Matt Brown
Hi, I'm wondering if it's possible to make the Active Directory DN like an LDAP DN? something like: o=company,st=wa,c=us instead of: dc=mydomain,dc=edu I've been tasked with converting our OpenLDAP system over to an Active Directory system and it help the programmers out if I didn't chang

RE: [ActiveDir] Sharepoint in the DMZ

2006-09-12 Thread Brian Desmond
Title: Sharepoint in the DMZ Everything and anything … it was the collaboration environment for any department/team at the client that requested it.   Thanks, Brian Desmond [EMAIL PROTECTED]   c - 312.731.3132   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

Re: [ActiveDir] OT: Management Solutions

2006-09-12 Thread Matt Hargraves
Yeah, I was thinking a combination of RIS, GPO deployed applications and LANDesk.  I've been on projects where we utilized a combination of those methods to manage and deploy software.  Worked great and unlike wonderful solutions like SMS, we could put in scripts as part of the application installa

RE: [ActiveDir] Isolating a DC

2006-09-12 Thread Kurt Falde
Utilize a separate site for the server and don’t assign client subnets to that site.  If it’s the same physical location as other DC’ consider utilizing site link change notifications so that it replicates more quickly then the standard site link interval.   Kurt Falde From:

RE: [ActiveDir] Isolating a DC

2006-09-12 Thread Akomolafe, Deji
I highly recommend that you read http://www.windowsitpro.com/articles/print.cfm?articleid=37935   Then, as a fall-back option, look for the isolation using IPSec whitepapers on Microsoft site. I can't find them now, but I know that they exist. They show you how to restrict communication with a s

Re: [ActiveDir] Locking Down Wireless

2006-09-12 Thread Matt Hargraves
I think this is one of those "Why in the heck" things.  Like "Why in the heck would you give someone a laptop with wireless if you don't want them connecting anywhere other than work?"  and "Why in the heck are you giving them a laptop in the first place?". There are some ways to do this, none

Re: [ActiveDir] Isolating a DC

2006-09-12 Thread Matt Hargraves
Your best bet is to place it in a separate site within AD Sites and Services I believe.This is the method that MS recommends for segregating DCs that are used for Exchange servers. On 9/12/06, Lucas, Bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'd like to isolate a DC from regular user authent

[ActiveDir] Specifying builtin accounts in GPO settings.

2006-09-12 Thread Matt Hargraves
I am trying to specify the builtin IWAM/IUSR accounts in GPO settings.  We have a set of servers within an OU where they require the account to have rights on the local servers, call them Server1, Server2, Server3.  We obviously don't want to create the setting for IWAM_Server1, IWAM_Server2, etc..

Re: [ActiveDir] Sharepoint in the DMZ

2006-09-12 Thread Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
Question to you guys... what sort of data do you allow in this DMZ'd Sharepoint. Russ said it's SQL port open to the inside and all that...but I'm just interested if you guys have a policy as to what sort of data lives there. Brian Desmond wrote: Sharepoint in the DMZ Your c

RE: [ActiveDir] Sharepoint in the DMZ

2006-09-12 Thread joe
Title: Sharepoint in the DMZ Maybe reverse proxy the web access port to the sharepoint server running on the internal network?   Either way, put some form of third party auth mechanism (secureID for instance) in front of the Windows server and the internet so that only authorized users actual

[ActiveDir] Isolating a DC

2006-09-12 Thread Lucas, Bryan
I’d like to isolate a DC from regular user authentication.  I only want certain applications/processes using it.  Obviously it will need to replicate with the other DC’s.  I don’t have an interface on the firewall to use, so I would probably have to do something software based on the DC its

RE: [ActiveDir] Sharepoint in the DMZ

2006-09-12 Thread Brian Desmond
Title: Sharepoint in the DMZ If you go on technet under sharepoint most of the Bill English resource kit book is online.   Thanks, Brian Desmond [EMAIL PROTECTED]   c - 312.731.3132   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Group, Russ Sent: Tuesday

RE: [ActiveDir] Sharepoint in the DMZ

2006-09-12 Thread Brian Desmond
Title: Sharepoint in the DMZ Your consultant is smoking the good shit.   Just open the ports between Sharepoint and your DCs. Also open TCP1433 and UDP1434 for the SQL access.   I spent two years designing & running a half million seat Sharepoint environment with this setup. It worked

RE: [ActiveDir] Sharepoint in the DMZ

2006-09-12 Thread Group, Russ
Title: Sharepoint in the DMZ Hehehehe   Actually, let me explain...   Open the 1433 port from the DMZ to our internal network - not to the outside world (I should have been clearer).   However, I need technical documents to back up my response.  Can anyone point me in the direction of a white

RE: [ActiveDir] Sharepoint in the DMZ

2006-09-12 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Title: Sharepoint in the DMZ Fire him, unless he shares the drugs he is on. A child domain for one server? Open an SQL port on your outside firewall? Ok on second thought, just fire him no matter how good the drugs are.   .   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[ActiveDir] Sharepoint in the DMZ

2006-09-12 Thread Group, Russ
Title: Sharepoint in the DMZ Hi all I have a consultant that wants to put Sharepoint into our DMZ.  Here is what he is proposing to do: Create a child domain and put the Sharepoint computer account in the child domain Put Sharepoint server in our DMZ. Open up the same ports for Share

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Management Solutions

2006-09-12 Thread Tim Vander Kooi
Have you looked at the beta for System Center Essentials from Microsoft? I think it would do a lot of what you are looking at. And for far less money than Altiris. Altiris  makes a great product, but it is very much on the high end price-wise. Another product I would recommend looking at wo

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Management Solutions

2006-09-12 Thread Blair, James
Alan,   My 2c worth...like the way Brian thinks...   Should you wish to develop your own RIS/Unattended CD/DVD image the MSFN forums are a good place to start http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php . A RIS/Unattended CD/DVD is not such a bad idea especially across a lot of different hardware whe

[ActiveDir] Locking Down Wireless

2006-09-12 Thread Dave Wade
Folks,    Have I missed something in the "new" XPSP2 wireless configuration stuff. As far as I can see you can't prevent users connecting to non-preferred networks, even with Policy lockdown. Even if you hide the networks page on the adaptor, when the user is in a location where this no netw

[ActiveDir] Date Modification not same on the folder and subfolder level

2006-09-12 Thread Sudhir Kaushal
Hi All, On my file server, why do i get different modified dates for users main folder and subfolders and even the files in the subfolders. My concern is even if a user has changed or modified a file on any specific date, the parent folder should show me the latest modified date. Or if w

Re: [ActiveDir] OT: admin account in Vista

2006-09-12 Thread Al Mulnick
You make strong points Ken.  I will say my concern is not around the home users nearly as much, but more because that distinction is completely lost in the message that Jessper puts out.  You'll see that concern realized here: http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39130618,00.htm They're

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Management Solutions

2006-09-12 Thread Alan J. Gendron
Thanks for the suggestions.  I’ll go look around further.  We’re only around a 100+ user shop and while a full-featured solution would be nice, I’m very concerned it would be over-kill and not money well-spent.  I want to be a “good steward” of the church’s money.   Alan Alan J. Gend

[ActiveDir] CN=Kevin Bowen/OU=Lakeland/OU=Mastertaste/O=Kerry is out of the office.

2006-09-12 Thread Kevin . Bowen
I will be out of the office starting 09/12/2006 and will not return until 09/13/2006. Please contact the helpdesk for any IT related requests. Helpdesk Phone: 608-363-1296 Helpdesk Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Helpdesk Website: http://kmagic.kina.kerryad.com Thanks, Kevin Bowen Mastertaste IT N

[ActiveDir] OT: admin account in Vista

2006-09-12 Thread neil.ruston
"At the risk of repeating what we already know - security is about risk management. We need to know what risks we're facing. Home users have more physical security they can rely on than the average corporate cubicle. Relying on that physical security may be an acceptable risk." You need to be ca