RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Ello!

2006-10-11 Thread Paul van Geldrop
] on behalf of Paul van Geldrop Sent: Tue 2006-10-10 17:37 To: ActiveDir Subject: [ActiveDir] OT: Ello! Ello! Just thought I'd at least have the decency to announce my presence on this list. ;) Joined today and looking forward to learning from all the grey matter frequenting this list! Regards, Paul

RE: [ActiveDir] recover a file server in Windows 2003

2006-10-11 Thread Paul van Geldrop
How exactly do you plan to failover to this server (at least, thats what I presume you want to do) ? First option that springs to mind is setting up a two-node cluster, letting the cluster-resources reside on the SAN disks. That way, if one of the servers fails, everythingll smoothly

[ActiveDir] OT: Ello!

2006-10-10 Thread Paul van Geldrop
Ello! Just thought Id at least have the decency to announce my presence on this list. ;) Joined today and looking forward to learning from all the grey matter frequenting this list! Regards, Paul

RE: [ActiveDir] Account Name Change

2005-03-03 Thread Paul van Geldrop
Ehm.. how about just renaming the account and the user details.. ? You're not so much reinventing the wheel as trying to reinvent the material needed for it as well. Regards, Paul From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Hummert Sent:

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: VERY STRANGE ISSUE - Windows 95 and Long File Names

2005-02-25 Thread Paul van Geldrop
Title: OT: VERY STRANGE ISSUE - Windows 95 and Long File Names Oh, And to add those finest little details: Same users, same documents on Windows 98.. no problem. Open a document with a long file name in the corresponding application, and save as under another long name.. no

RE: [ActiveDir] Quick way

2005-02-22 Thread Paul van Geldrop
You might want to consider doing some scripting. The DSADD command is your friend in this case. Regards, Paul. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rodriguez, Daniel [EPM/SRM] Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 11:28 PM To:

RE: [ActiveDir] Access Based Enumeration

2005-02-18 Thread Paul van Geldrop
Enabling it will require you to compile a C function into a nice little command. I plan to do so this weekend, completely forgotten about it. This is one of the places that explains the process. Enjoy http://weblogs.asp.net/jhoward/archive/2005/02/11/371080.aspx Regards, Paul PS: If you examine

RE: [ActiveDir] Access Based Enumeration

2005-02-18 Thread Paul van Geldrop
That is correct. However, if I get the time to get this fixed this weekend, I'll be happy to share it with you for all your experimental fun. Regards, Paul -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nathan Casey Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005

RE: [ActiveDir] HELP!!! Undelete required

2005-02-16 Thread Paul van Geldrop
Indeed.. painful meaning: An authoritative restore from backup. You might not want to follow that option, but it's the only one leading to your desired solution in this scenario. Of course, depending on the situation, you might want to choose for recreating the group, including its memberships

RE: [ActiveDir] HELP!!! Undelete required

2005-02-16 Thread Paul van Geldrop
That's your cunning answer to this problematic situation, eh ? ;) Actually, it seems the message was sent twice.. either that or my mailserver has gone bonkers.. both are possible.. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jorge de Almeida Pinto

RE: [ActiveDir] New Site

2005-02-02 Thread Paul van Geldrop
To answer your second question: You might want to consider using a VPN between the locations and just all VPN traffic go up and down between the sites without any blocking. Especially handy if you wish to use ISA Server on the central location or something similar for the site's

RE: [ActiveDir] New Site

2005-02-02 Thread Paul van Geldrop
) terminating into HQ from branch offices ??? going thorough the document now... Chandra On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 16:58:51 +0100, Paul van Geldrop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To answer your second question: You might want to consider using a VPN between the locations and just all VPN

RE: [ActiveDir] Terminal server licenses

2005-01-31 Thread Paul van Geldrop
If it's remote admining you wish to do on servers, then the administrative mode in 2003 mode (enabled by default) will do nicely and does not require you to purchase TS licenses.. admins will be able to connect (2 remote and 1 console) and administer the server. If you want to use

RE: [ActiveDir] Terminal server licenses

2005-01-31 Thread Paul van Geldrop
Also check out this specific article: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;814590 As you can see in the notes, no TS CAL is required, but the terminal services are only open to admins. Regards, Paul From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [ActiveDir] VPN Connections with 2003 ADs

2005-01-31 Thread Paul van Geldrop
Some more info might be good.. such as location of DCs, GCs, DNS configuration, etc. I presume you're setting up the VPN with firewalls.. or are you using ISA Server ? Regards, Paul -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carerros, Charles

RE: [ActiveDir] VPN Connections with 2003 ADs

2005-01-31 Thread Paul van Geldrop
looking for. If you need something else, let me know. Charlie -Original Message- From: Paul van Geldrop [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 10:36 AM To: 'ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org' Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] VPN Connections with 2003 ADs Some more info might be good

RE: [ActiveDir] VERY VERY OT: DEC and Vancouver/Canada

2005-01-31 Thread Paul van Geldrop
You know, I was looking forward to seeing piccies of this event, but I'm starting to get scared now.. ;o) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jorge de Almeida Pinto Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 11:12 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org

RE: [ActiveDir] DC Unattended Restart

2005-01-31 Thread Paul van Geldrop
In certain circumstances, a scheduled reboot with shutdown.exe might give 0x15 code errors, indicating a process is still running and that the shutdown command cant execute. Even using the /f switch to force all applications to close wont work. Ive seen this happen with virusscanning

RE: [ActiveDir] Test forest

2005-01-26 Thread Paul van Geldrop
Personally, I find it easier to let dcpromo create the DNS structure for me. Then again, I am lazy at times. :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kern, Tom Sent: woensdag 26 januari 2005 18:07 To: ActiveDir (E-mail) Subject: [ActiveDir]

RE: [ActiveDir] Seperating two domain controllers with in the same domain

2005-01-25 Thread Paul van Geldrop
Actually, creating two separate domains in one forest should work just fine. Access to resources will work just fine due to the two-way transitive trusts, and the replication will be much less of an issue. However, what you might want to investigate first if the reason that the synch capabilities

RE: [ActiveDir] Seperating two domain controllers with in the same domain

2005-01-25 Thread Paul van Geldrop
Hi Aric, I think you've been deceived slightly by the topic-title. The title suggests separating the DCs while they stay in the same domain, the content suggests creating two domains. Regards, Paul. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

RE: [ActiveDir] Information Store Size question

2005-01-25 Thread Paul van Geldrop
The size of your public store is the sum of the priv1.stm and priv1.edb files. Your public store size is the same, but with the pub1.stm and pub1.edb files. I do presume youre talking about Exchange here, right.. ? :o) Regards, Paul -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] Information Store Size question

2005-01-25 Thread Paul van Geldrop
] On Behalf Of Paul van Geldrop Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 9:57 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Information Store Size question The size of your public store is the sum of the priv1.stm and priv1.edb files. Your public store size is the same, but with the pub1.stm

RE: [ActiveDir] Seperating two domain controllers with in the same domain

2005-01-25 Thread Paul van Geldrop
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul van Geldrop Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 12:51 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Seperating two domain controllers with in the same domain Hi Aric, I think you've been deceived slightly by the topic

RE: [ActiveDir] Hide Subfolders with NTFS Permissions

2005-01-24 Thread Paul van Geldrop
Hi Noah, Unfortunately, it is not possible to 'hide' folders using NTFS permissions. All you can do is grant and deny access on the folders. Users will still see the folders, but they won't be able to access those that they are not allowed to. Regards, Paul Van: [EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] limt time user is allow to be logged in

2005-01-24 Thread Paul van Geldrop
Hi Jeff, There are a few options you could use here. First of all, using the logoff.exe command with the /n option will allow you to logoff the user without them having to confirm the logoff. However, yes, applications that still have unsaved data will in this interfere, and using

RE: [ActiveDir] Upgrade resources

2005-01-18 Thread Paul van Geldrop
If you're running Exchange 2000, also take a look at this little jewel, just to be sure. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314649 Regards, Paul -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shawn Hayes Sent: dinsdag 18 januari

RE: [ActiveDir] Slightly OT: Pix config for AD Replication

2005-01-11 Thread Paul van Geldrop
Hi, Best way would be to set up a site-to-site VPN and allow only the required AD traffic to pass through. In case you need to use some service that runs RPC with a random service port (1024), use the registry key for the specific service port to use just one port, instead of a random

RE: [ActiveDir] Office Topic: Windows 2000 2003 Servers Lockdown Policies

2005-01-10 Thread Paul van Geldrop
In the documents shown to you so far, you should find all the services (including ports, etc) that you need to open up such a configuration. A good, basic hardening rule is: Shut everything down (apart from the most basic services, you'll find those in the documents mentioned earlier) and then

RE: [ActiveDir] Citrix and AD migrations

2004-12-25 Thread Paul van Geldrop
In a nutshell: Citrix is a server based computing architecture, a more advanced form of Microsoft Terminal Services, if you will. Using Citrix servers and Citrix clients one can build a SBC infrastructure that has many advantages over MS Terminal Services, including advanced reporting, resource

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: pagefile

2004-12-12 Thread Paul van Geldrop
Not sure if this will work perfectly, but as a first guess: Create the image with the pagefile size set to a low number. Before you make the final image, set the pagefile size to be automatically managed. When the image reboots after distribution, it should then manage itself to a normal

RE: [ActiveDir] What is the LDAPS port?

2004-12-09 Thread Paul van Geldrop
If I'm not mistaken, it should be port 636. Also, keep in mind that FRS uses a selection of random ports, so make sure to include these if you're going to configure a firewall to allow for replication. This article contains a list you might find helpful:

RE: [ActiveDir] 2003 command line tools

2004-12-09 Thread Paul van Geldrop
Copying the ldifde.exe from the C:\Windows\System32 directory to your workstation should work just fine. I think it's an OS included utility, but quite frankly, I'd have to check. Regards, Paul. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Douglas M.

RE: [ActiveDir] 2003 command line tools

2004-12-09 Thread Paul van Geldrop
Ahem. When I said 'copy it over', I meant from the System32 directory on your server, by the way. Regards, Paul. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Douglas M. Long Sent: donderdag 9 december 2004 16:53 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir]

RE: [ActiveDir] Stress testing and performance analysis of domain controllers

2004-12-06 Thread Paul van Geldrop
Unless memory is not serving me well (pardon the bad pun), the switch doesn't actually do that much. In normal operating mode, the virtual address space of, let's say, a 4 GB machine is split up in 2 blocks, both 2 GB large. When using the 3GB switch, the virtual address space that is used for

RE: [ActiveDir] Stress testing and performance analysis of domain controllers

2004-12-06 Thread Paul van Geldrop
Hmmm, forget brevity.. I'd love to know more about this.. :) Perhaps you can point me to a place where I can find more information on this ? Thanks in advance, Paul. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Fleischman Sent: Monday, December

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Full vs Diff

2004-12-03 Thread Paul van Geldrop
Are there any differences between the schedules, apart from the backup type ? In theory, full should take longer than differential. What backup software are you using ? Perhaps you defined different numbers of media streams for the backup types, or compression, etc, etc. Some more information

RE: [ActiveDir] Terminal Services 2003 Bandwidth network usage

2004-11-30 Thread Paul van Geldrop
Martin, If you check out the following link, you will find a white paper on Windows 2003 Terminal Server scaling. You'll find all the information there that you need. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/overview/tsscaling.mspx Regards, Paul. -Original Message- From:

RE: [ActiveDir] RRAS win2k

2004-11-23 Thread Paul van Geldrop
Am I understanding correctly that the remote clients are already in the domain ? If so, then what exactly do you want to use RRAS for ? I'm guessing you're referring to the fact that the machine accounts exist in AD, in which case they still don't log into the security context of your domain, and

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Linked files.

2004-11-22 Thread Paul van Geldrop
are keeping the same file structures and just changing the server names can you not setup cnames in DNS to point to the new servers? Not tried it myself but thought it might be worth a suggestion. Jacqui From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul van Geldrop

RE: [ActiveDir] virus/worm

2004-11-22 Thread Paul van Geldrop
Even though that first line might sound rather amusing, it might just be the trick to get things done.. it's amazing how management can decide to .. bend the rules, let us say, when it concerns their own daily routines. Consider placing the laptops in a restricted VLAN. This might require that

RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange 2003 - New mailboxes not created

2004-11-19 Thread Paul van Geldrop
Title: Exchange 2003 - New mailboxes not created Recipient Update Services, you'll find it in the Exchange Administrator, just above the servers. Paul. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jared Manhat Sent: vrijdag 19 november 2004 15:56 To: [EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] AD Replication over VPN

2004-11-08 Thread Paul van Geldrop
On a few occasions Ive seen this give some rather annoying results if the connection between the Ciscos is not 100% reliable. But if youre gonna use the Ciscos in a VPN Server Client config with a decent line and there arent any restrictions firewall-wise, it should work decently. (Not

RE: [ActiveDir] AD Replication over VPN

2004-11-08 Thread Paul van Geldrop
Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul van Geldrop Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 8:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] AD Replication over VPN On a few occasions Ive seen this give some rather annoying results if the connection between

RE: [ActiveDir] Win XP SP2 Mandatory desktop

2004-11-08 Thread Paul van Geldrop
Jeff, GPO would definitely be a good way to do this, disallowing any change to the desktop. You could also point the GPO to a specific desktop with folder redirection so your users would get a predefined desktop, allowing you to create different GPOs with different desktops. That way,

Re: [ActiveDir] slow communication

2004-09-29 Thread Paul van Geldrop
writes: Some more information on the systems might be handy (service packs, hotfixes, etc) and what kind of application.. and how are they connected ? And, perhaps somewhat offtopic, but.. how come you're mailing from our domainname.. ? (am-ende.net) Regards, Paul van Geldrop. - Original Message

Re: [ActiveDir] ADMT v2 PES question

2004-09-15 Thread Paul van Geldrop
Jordan, 1) Did you verify that both DNS _and_ WINS resolution are functioning properly ? You will need both of these to function properly for the migration to work. 2) Did you add both the Anonymous Logon group as the Everyone group to the Pre-Windows 2000 Compatible Access group ? Regards,

Re: [ActiveDir] ADC question

2004-09-14 Thread Paul van Geldrop
Jason, In the AD Connector's properties, you should be able to select specific fields on the From Exchange tab. I'm not sure if that includes the information you specify, but it might be worth a look. Good luck, Paul. - Original Message - From: Jason Benway [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

Re: [ActiveDir] Deactivating Schema Attributes

2004-09-11 Thread Paul van Geldrop
As the attribute gets deactivated, the associated data doesn't get accessed anymore until you reactivate the attribute. It won't, however, get deleted, as far as I know. Regards, Paul. - Original Message - From: David Adner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September

Re: [ActiveDir] Logon types

2004-09-10 Thread Paul van Geldrop
In the first example, you're logging in straight into the security context of the domain, authenticating you to the domain. In the second example, you're logging into the workstation's security context, which does notgive you domain-wide authentication. And, oh yes, I might be wrong, just