RE: [ActiveDir] DFS on Domain Controllers

2004-08-18 Thread Cary, Mark
Title: DFS on Domain Controllers I wasn't going to have any real files on the DCs just the DFS root and links the point to real shares on file servers.  From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce ClingamanSent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 3:44 PMTo:

[ActiveDir] DFS on Domain Controllers

2004-08-18 Thread Cary, Mark
Title: DFS on Domain Controllers Is it a bad idea to make DFS Root Targets on Domain Controllers? If I browse to my AD 2003 domain \\example.com I see the two folders: Netlogon & Sysvol. But if I browse to \\example.com\DFS-Root I see my Links which point to shares on file servers… \\example

[ActiveDir] Maximum password age

2004-08-04 Thread Cary, Mark
Title: Maximum password age In the default domain policy when the Maximum password age is set to Not defined.  What is the default value for the password age?? Thanks

[ActiveDir] System hibernate

2004-05-24 Thread Cary, Mark
Can someone point me in the direction of setting the System Hibernate time in a GPO? I can't seem to find it. Thanks List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ: http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/

RE: [ActiveDir] enterprise-wide accounts

2004-04-13 Thread Cary, Mark
Could you use a Universal Group? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 3:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] enterprise-wide accounts What about adding them to each domain admins group for each domain? From

RE: [ActiveDir] DFS use question

2004-04-12 Thread Cary, Mark
Are you backing up the same data on all 12 servers? -Original Message- From: E Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 2:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] DFS use question This is not out of the realm of FRS. I work with some folks that sync 240+

RE: [ActiveDir] Groups and OU's

2003-08-14 Thread Cary, Mark
From what I understand, OUs should be created for who will administer the resources (users, computers, groups) in them.  Beyond that it is strictly organizational ease-of-use.  I tend to think of OUs as mini-domains.    -Original Message-From: Ellis, Debbie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTE

RE: [ActiveDir] Home Labs Interconnected

2003-08-10 Thread Cary, Mark
If you have 20 people link their 100 servers into a couple of AD forests (for instance), how do you make sure no one reconfigures the replication topology right when you're in the middle of testing out some site-specific GPO? -g -Original Message----- From: Cary, Mark [mailto:[EM

[ActiveDir] Home Labs Interconnected

2003-08-07 Thread Cary, Mark
I wanted to pose this idea to the group and get some feedback. Resources at work are limited for a test lab and I only have 3 computers at home for a lab, and I would think at least some of you are in similar situations. The home lab is ok for some stuff but I find it's hard to put a real world

RE: [ActiveDir] Home Labs Interconnected

2003-08-07 Thread Cary, Mark
d how do I put everything back the way it was? (I guess remotely deployable VMWare is the obvious answer to this last issue.) -g -Original Message- From: Cary, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 1:44 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [ActiveD

RE: [ActiveDir] First AD Domain?

2003-07-11 Thread Cary, Mark
Thanks for all the input on how to name the first/root domain of the forest. The best approaches in order are: 1) Register a domain name your not using on the Internet and will not use on the Internet. Then create the first AD domain there, example.net. 2) If you use a domain that you are using

[ActiveDir] First AD Domain?

2003-07-08 Thread Cary, Mark
I am wondering if there is a preferred location for the first (AKA root) domain in a AD forest given these parameters. Company name is example and they have a Internet presence at example.com. They have registered example.net for there AD DNS structure. example.net will never be resolvable in the

RE: [ActiveDir] Group Permissions

2003-06-11 Thread Cary, Mark
Domain Local groups only work on non-DCs in a Windows 2000 or 2003 domain, not in a NT4 domain. -Original Message- From: Salandra, Justin A. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 8:42 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Group Permissions How, I have tri