RE: [ActiveDir] flaky gpo

2005-09-26 Thread deji
Sorry to throw that half-baked code at you, Tom. I reposted it. It's tested and works now - in my VM Lab :) IPCONFIG sees it correctly. Yes, it will overwrite whatever you have in there, so you would want to adjust your array to include the current entries. Again, apologies. BTW, this is a mach

RE: [ActiveDir] flaky gpo

2005-09-26 Thread deji
Cool. Good to know. In the meantime, this http://www.akomolafe.com/LinkClick.aspx?link=change-DNS-Suffixes-thru-GPO.txt &tabid=63&mid=431 is (IMO) as good as the adm you are doing now, and it *should* take care of the ipconfig discrepancies. Again, I am not able to test it right now to prove the

RE: [ActiveDir] flaky gpo

2005-09-26 Thread deji
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfa ces BTW, does this return the correct suffix for you? wmic nicconfig get DNSDomainSuffixSearchOrder (from cmd) I'm just curious, and not at a place where I can test. I won't be able to see your response for a long t

RE: [ActiveDir] flaky gpo

2005-09-26 Thread deji
When MS introduced that GPO ability, someone forgot to remember where ipconfig looks for the information it displays. Ipconfig reads the registry for the information, but the suffix adm/gpo is not stored in the same location, so ipconfig will never be able to report whatever you are setting in the

RE: [ActiveDir] When you change group scopes by using a combination of the Dsquery command

2005-09-22 Thread deji
>>>As an aside, I dislike the use of the word distribution groups and security groups because both could be used for either. Any group can be a distribution group, the groups are simply NT security enabled or not NT security enabled. Which is why you need to distinguish between them. "Non-NT Secur

RE: [ActiveDir] dns suffix search list

2005-09-22 Thread deji
This is not in DHCP. This is GPO or script thing. Something like this: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir@mail.activedir.org/msg32800.html, for non-XP clients Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Directory Services www.readymaids.com - we know IT www.akomolafe.com

RE: [ActiveDir] Domain Controller Security

2005-09-22 Thread deji
VM would be an option, but moving the files and share, re-permissioning, repointing scripts and re-educating users may make that unattractive. BTW, I heard that "caching-only" will not make it into the final R2. Can anyone confirm or refute? Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Mic

RE: [ActiveDir] Domain Controller Security

2005-09-22 Thread deji
>>>make it a child domain so he can't climb up the tree Not only will (s)he be able to run up the tree, (s)he will own the tree, the leaves, the bushes, the grasses, and, for that matter, the forest. The Domain is NOT a security boundary. It is an administrative boundary. Service administrators

RE: [ActiveDir] LDAP search limitations

2005-09-22 Thread deji
MS did not "implement" a limit. The paging is a function of the client doing the LDAP query and conforms to the specs outlined in RFC 2696. If you read the RFC, you will come to agree that, although RFCs are not (strictly speaking) "standards", you are "expected" to page your LDAP queries. Si

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: SAN Assessment

2005-09-21 Thread deji
It is something my company[1] does. If you are interested in talking, we can take it off-list. [1] I should say my "main" employer :) Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Directory Services www.readymaids.com - we know IT www.akomolafe.com Do you now realize that To

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: exchange max. dist. list size

2005-09-21 Thread deji
ow realize that Today is the Tomorrow you were worried about Yesterday? -anon From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of joe Sent: Wed 9/21/2005 2:03 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: exchange max. dist. list size Hey Deji... Remember the

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: exchange max. dist. list size

2005-09-21 Thread deji
I don't have exact figures, but your numbers are unbelievably low. 200 max? I have DLs with 2300, and those are small. What gives you this impression? Are you using a tool that's barfing when expanding DLs with more than 200 membership? Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsof

RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange relay(OT)

2005-09-21 Thread deji
Brian, This is how I explain and OPEN Relay. Although there is a common tendency for people to assume that they are the same, Relay != Open Relay. Relay is NOT a bad thing. Your Exchange server is meant to relay, and it does relay, like all the other servers I'm familiar with. An Open Relay occ

RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange relay(OT)

2005-09-21 Thread deji
Tom, a while back, I sent you the link to the Exchange Server Technical Reference. All this is explained in that document. Go fish, man. Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Directory Services www.readymaids.com - we know IT www.akomolafe.com Do you now realize that

RE: [ActiveDir] vbscript to read a remote file

2005-09-21 Thread deji
For reading and writing files, I use FileSystemObject (FSO), like this: Set myFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set MyFile =myFSO.OpenTextFile("\\remotecomputername\remoteshare\remoteFile.txt", 8,true) HTH Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP -

RE: [ActiveDir] User attribute manipulation via vbscript question.

2005-09-16 Thread deji
Isn't this simply controlled by the msExchPoliciesExcluded attribute? The corresponding value is {26491CFC-9E50-4857-861B-0CB8DF22B5D7}. When the value is absent, then email addy generation is controlled by RUS policies. When the value is present, RUS policies have no effect. Sincerely, Dèjì

RE: [ActiveDir] SBS Server Question

2005-09-14 Thread deji
Who said you could talk? :) Honestly, my position on all this is very simple. I was a tech and have been hacking solutions a long time before I became an MVP. I will always be a techie first. It is MS' responsibility to enforce its EULA, and they have enough resources to do just that. IF I make

RE: [ActiveDir] SBS Server Question

2005-09-14 Thread deji
OK, Susan. Dew time :) "Should" and "Can" are not interchangeable, that's my opinion. When I explain technical feasibilities to customers, I try not to hide the relevant distinction. BTW, I think the writer made it sufficiently clear that the procedure is a "hack". Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláf

RE: [ActiveDir] SBS Server Question

2005-09-14 Thread deji
Actually, depending on your level of tolerance for pains, I know that you can. http://www.akomolafe.com/Portals/1/Creating%20a%20trust%20relationship%20betw een%20two%20Small%20Business%20Server%202000%20domains.htm Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Directory Ser

RE: [ActiveDir] Security Group Policy Not Applying

2005-09-13 Thread deji
http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=1202&eventno=348&source=SceCli&pha se=1 Look at the 0x4b8 section. HTH Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Directory Services www.readymaids.com - we know IT www.akomolafe.com Do you now realize that Today is the Tomorro

RE: [ActiveDir] ISA 2004 and Microsoft Cluster Server

2005-09-12 Thread deji
The simple answer: I don't know The rhetorical question: Why would you want to do that? A lot of things changed between ISA 2000 and 2004. I will confine my description to the Enterprise version. The built-in Array functionality has built-in intelligence that lets you leverage multiple array memb

RE: [ActiveDir] ISA 2004 and Microsoft Cluster Server

2005-09-12 Thread deji
>>Clustering and Load Balancing I wouldn't really call a tomato tomoto thing Maybe not in the ordinary sense, Brian. But in the ISA 2004 Enterp realm, we should be able to do that. OR, if you prefer, we can say "tomato" and "ketchup" or something. NLB is the way to go in ISA 2004, and the way ISA

RE: [ActiveDir] Restricting machine to specific DC for domain join

2005-09-11 Thread deji
If you are using ADMT, then you won't really be doing a netdom. So, you won't have the dc switch available for use. If you are using ADMT, you need to get the V3 version. This lets you target a specific DC for the migration process. Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP

RE: [ActiveDir] Mail journaling(OT)

2005-09-01 Thread deji
At least not the way *I* read the way *he* described it :) Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Directory Services www.readymaids.com - we know IT www.akomolafe.com Do you now realize that Today is the Tomorrow you were worried about Yesterday? -anon ___

RE: [ActiveDir] Mail journaling(OT)

2005-09-01 Thread deji
No disagreement about MAPI. Just not the way he described it. Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Directory Services www.readymaids.com - we know IT www.akomolafe.com Do you now realize that Today is the Tomorrow you were worried about Yesterday? -anon

RE: [ActiveDir] Mail journaling(OT)

2005-09-01 Thread deji
If the way you described is the way Sector really does their archiving, please stay away from them. Now, since your boss wants to offload this to a 3rd-party, the next logical question is how much is (s)he willing to spend. There are a number of good offerings out there and the recommendation wil

RE: [ActiveDir] finding txt in a message

2005-08-29 Thread deji
If you are thinking of finding them as they arrive or as they are being sent, eventsink is the way to go. I don't know how to write one that will go through messages already in the store and look for the keyword. But, writing one that looks for the keyword as the message is coming in or leaving sho

RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange issues again(ot)

2005-08-26 Thread deji
>> Sheesh, i'm getting to hate Exchange That's a very common feeling. Eventually people either come to love it or learn to live with it - ask Joe :-) Anyway, your question is broad, but let me briefly explain this: When you ran ForestPrep, you are just creating (empty) place-holders in the Schema

RE: [ActiveDir] Password policy change

2005-08-26 Thread deji
As others have pointed out, modify your policy to remove the 24-hour (one day) restriction. Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Directory Services www.readymaids.com - we know IT www.akomolafe.com Do you now realize that Today is the Tomorrow you were worried about Y

RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange issues again(ot)

2005-08-26 Thread deji
The install process still needs to write stuff to the Schema. Try this: On the DC being used by the Exchange server during the install (you can find this by doing "set L" from a cmd prompt) add the following reg value: HKEY LOCAL MACHINE\System\Current Control Set\Services\NTDS\Parameters "Sche

RE: [ActiveDir] GPO on XP & 2000 Pro

2005-08-26 Thread deji
That works - IF he has a build process that uses sysprep. Otherwise, pre-creating the computer account in the appropriate OU before joining it to the domain will be the way to go from here on. Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Directory Services www.readymaids.com

RE: [ActiveDir] LDAP Referrals

2005-08-26 Thread deji
It's time for a code re-write. Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Directory Services www.readymaids.com - we know IT www.akomolafe.com Do you now realize that Today is the Tomorrow you were worried about Yesterday? -anon From: [EM

RE: [ActiveDir] Password policy change

2005-08-26 Thread deji
Which part is "not working" and how is it "not working"? Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Directory Services www.readymaids.com - we know IT www.akomolafe.com Do you now realize that Today is the Tomorrow you were worried about Yesterday? -anon _

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Questions about hotfix 903235 (MS05-037)

2005-08-25 Thread deji
Probably because the "patch" is not really installing anything new for IE. It is just setting a "killbit", setting the compatibility mode to 1024 so IE doesn't call that component any longer. Just a SWAG. But that would explain why you don't see anything under installed components (I haven't chec

RE: [ActiveDir] Microsoft MIIS: Server 2003 AD and MSSQL 2000 integration?

2005-08-25 Thread deji
So, the ASP pages feed the SQL. If so, then in your case, I'd just extend the ASP pages to feed AD at the same time. You already have a mechanism in place, you just need to extend it. Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Directory Services www.readymaids.com - we know

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Question on WSUS implementation and GPO's...

2005-08-25 Thread deji
Correct. WSUS has internal logic that staggers the deployment/install such that the clients are not pulling all at the same time. My experience has been that this staggering is sufficient, and, depending on the number of clients and sites you have, one server can accommodate and service the request

RE: [ActiveDir] Microsoft MIIS: Server 2003 AD and MSSQL 2000 integration?

2005-08-25 Thread deji
Good point. If it's a one-time thing, I'm thinking even 10K is a killer. And MIIS will be like nuking a cockroach. Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Directory Services www.readymaids.com - we know IT www.akomolafe.com Do you now realize that Today is the Tomorrow y

RE: [ActiveDir] MSSQL and AD

2005-08-24 Thread deji
Sure. But there will be no relationship between them. You would need to know how to script. You will need to script reading the names from SQL and feeding each name into AD as new user using "net user", "CSVDE", "straight LDAP", etc. It's all free, except for time investment. Sincerely, Dèjì

RE: [ActiveDir] DHCP Issue

2005-08-23 Thread deji
king a cname is a better way to go. FYI, you also can't use netsh to set this :) Script is the best way and Deji was nice enough to post a sample. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of RM Sent: Tuesday, Aug

RE: [ActiveDir] Shadow Copy

2005-08-23 Thread deji
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/Server Help/1e8b6cc0-a434-47d8-84f3-5ee8806a8711.mspx Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Directory Services www.readymaids.com - we know IT www.akomolafe.com Do you now realize that Today is the

RE: [ActiveDir] DHCP Issue

2005-08-23 Thread deji
stry key: HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\TCPIP\Parameters\SearchList using reg.exe or Wscript shell Should work for XP clients as well. Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Directory Services www.readymaids.com - we know IT www.akomolafe.com Do you now realize

RE: [ActiveDir] DHCP Issue

2005-08-23 Thread deji
If all your clients are XP, you use GPO to set multiple suffixes. If you have pre-XP clients in the mix, you use a script to stuff multiple suffixes in there. I thought I had a sample script for this on my site, but it's not there right now. When I'm less busy, I'll whip something up and post it.

RE: [ActiveDir] Kinda OT: Advice welcomed

2005-08-19 Thread deji
You make your disagreement known to the CIO in a corporately-acceptable way - and move on. Chalk it down as one of the things numerous IT personnel encounter on a very regular basis everyday. Don't take it personal, is what I tell myself. Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Micros

RE: [ActiveDir] w2k sp4 Kerberos changes?

2005-08-18 Thread deji
] On Behalf Of Deji Akomolafe Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 8:37 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] w2k sp4 Kerberos changes?   Do you perhaps have restrictAnonymous enabled? I have first-hand knowledge of someone flipping this switch because they couldn't install 03

RE: [ActiveDir] FW: Not quite 64-bit yet, just slightly above 32

2005-08-18 Thread deji
I think you are onto something there, Steve J   Just finished doing a compare and the problematic system has some traces of R2 on it.     Apologies for the screen-shot, but it’s faster ;)     Sincerely,   Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Dir. Services / Secu

RE: [ActiveDir] w2k sp4 Kerberos changes?

2005-08-18 Thread deji
Do you perhaps have restrictAnonymous enabled? I have first-hand knowledge of someone flipping this switch because they couldn't install 039 yet and they read the tech doc that came with 039 where it says restrictanonymous could be used to remediate the vuln IF 039 can not be installed immediately.

[ActiveDir] FW: Not quite 64-bit yet, just slightly above 32

2005-08-18 Thread deji
I meant to send this here earlier, but I ended up sending it to Tony instead :) -- Since applying the latest series of Patches release last week, I have been experiencing the following symptoms: When trying to connect from any other system to shares on this 2K3-SP1

RE: [ActiveDir] GPO with Computer Accounts?

2005-08-18 Thread deji
Yes. Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Directory Services www.readymaids.com - we know IT www.akomolafe.com Do you now realize that Today is the Tomorrow you were worried about Yesterday? -anon From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf o

RE: [ActiveDir] GPO with Computer Accounts?

2005-08-18 Thread deji
Since you said you want to apply it to "all computer account in a domain", you'd need to apply it at the Domain level. If you don't want it to apply to the servers (since you said you moved them to a separate OU), you can block the GPO at the OU where the servers now reside. Alternatively, you coul

RE: [ActiveDir] cloning DC's

2005-08-17 Thread deji
Eric, I just want to be sure that you are not equating backup with cloning. I am afraid that the OP may take your "eat cake" statement to mean that you are agreeing with the cloning proposal. Install from media was not made for cloning. Unless I am wrong again, the install from media is not done

RE: [ActiveDir] OT:Exchange 2003 SP1 bloat

2005-08-17 Thread deji
I tested PromoDag about 2-3 years ago. I was very impressed and would have bought it in a jiffy if their price had not been too high. They later offered some deal, but by then I was out of budget. Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Directory Services www.readymaids.

RE: [ActiveDir] Latest MS patch KB899588

2005-08-17 Thread deji
Juan, A reboot is REQUIRED only IF you want the system to be protected. IF you install the patch and do not reboot the system, the patch will NOT protect you. Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Directory Services www.readymaids.com - we know IT www.akomolafe.com D

RE: [ActiveDir] Latest MS patch KB899588

2005-08-17 Thread deji
The /norestart option is available for this patch. You can choose to use it and wait for the latest mutation of the worm to hit the server and reboot it for you, or you could just simply schedule your patch-and-reboot time and ensure that the server is REALLY protected. What I'm trying to say in

RE: [ActiveDir] Little OT: Packaging software

2005-08-17 Thread deji
This behavior is actually documented. The "warn but allowed installation" was never intended to work in unattended scenario. You are either left with the Auto-IT option, or do what this guy suggested here (I haven't personally done that, mind you): http://www.appdeploy.com/messageboards/tm.asp?m=

RE: [ActiveDir] OT:Exchange 2003 SP1 bloat

2005-08-17 Thread deji
KB192185 has good info on this. You are on the right path, IMO. Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Directory Services www.readymaids.com - we know IT www.akomolafe.com Do you now realize that Today is the Tomorrow you were worried about Yesterday? -anon __

RE: [ActiveDir] dns migration

2005-08-16 Thread deji
Hello, Al. I am not getting the TTL angle. Since all he is changing is really the DNS servers and the clients's IP are not changing, I'd say bring up the new DNS server, copy the zone to the new server (secondary promoted to primary), reconfigure the DHCP scope to now hand out this new server as

RE: [ActiveDir] User accounts with showInAdvancedViewOnly=TRUE

2005-08-16 Thread deji
OK, so we know now that Unity is doing the toggling. Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Directory Services www.readymaids.com - we know IT www.akomolafe.com Do you now realize that Today is the Tomorrow you were worried about Yesterday? -anon _

RE: [ActiveDir] User accounts with showInAdvancedViewOnly=TRUE

2005-08-16 Thread deji
Charlie, the mod you are doing in ADUC Exchange Advanced corresponds to the "ShowInAddressBook" attrib, not the "showInAdvancedViewOnly" attrib. I am not familiar with Unity, but from what you guys have been saying, it looks that Unity is toggling the "showInAdvancedViewOnly" value, not (or maybe i

RE: [ActiveDir] User accounts with showInAdvancedViewOnly=TRUE

2005-08-16 Thread deji
Unfortunately, I don't. I just remember it being a "standard" practice when we have to "hide" address lists of one company from all the other companies we were hosting emails for. If I come across a reference, I'll post it. Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Direc

RE: [ActiveDir] EmployeeID AD attribute

2005-08-16 Thread deji
Not as far as I know. Maybe Joe will do something similar to his ABE tool, thereby nudging MS to come up with something. Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Directory Services www.readymaids.com - we know IT www.akomolafe.com Do you now realize that Today is the Tomo

RE: [ActiveDir] User accounts with showInAdvancedViewOnly=TRUE

2005-08-16 Thread deji
Exchange in the mix. Is custom address list in the mix also? Using restricted view of address list? Could the user have been part of this list and the list has had its "showInAdvancedViewOnly" set to TRUE in the past? This is common in the Hosted Exchange space. At least it was when I used to play

RE: [ActiveDir] Question on Replication Topology

2005-08-16 Thread deji
r quite follow the reasoning why about the IM/GC issue... but learn a little more about it each time. :m:dsm:cci:mvp -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rocky Habeeb Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 12:12 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [

RE: [ActiveDir] Question on Replication Topology

2005-08-16 Thread deji
the reasoning why about the IM/GC issue... but learn a little more about it each time. :m:dsm:cci:mvp -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rocky Habeeb Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 12:12 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir]

RE: [ActiveDir] Question on Replication Topology

2005-08-16 Thread deji
I read it to be that he has 2 domains. He fat-fingered the number of FSMO roles in the child. But the conclusion is still the same - when all DCs are GCs in a given domain, IM and GC can co-exist. Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Directory Services www.readymaids.

RE: [ActiveDir] Tracking object rename & object move events

2005-08-15 Thread deji
When you move objects, you should see at least 3 "566". One should be for DELETE because you've REMOVED the object from the current OU; one should be for CREATE CHILD because you have now added it to the new OU. One should be for WRITE PROPERTIES because the object's DN is now modified to reflect i

RE: [ActiveDir] ok, last one really

2005-08-15 Thread deji
probably because those addresses are still in the registry and have not been whacked. Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Directory Services www.readymaids.com - we know IT www.akomolafe.com Do you now realize that Today is the Tomorrow you were worried about Yesterd

RE: [ActiveDir] SIDs variable for batch file?

2005-08-15 Thread deji
>> The question is, "Shouldn't they all have automatically generated connection objects to everybody else Not necessarily. They are generated as deemed necessary by ISTG >> and if they don't, is it just a matter of me adding the manual new connection object? You can always add your own connectio

RE: [ActiveDir] ok, last one really

2005-08-15 Thread deji
What, you mean you don't trust my codes? Shesh! :-p 'Still using the same folder structure and input file as before, you will run this AFTER running the previous script 'Code Begins Const FILEPATH = "C:\MyScripts\" 'Get the input file Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Se

RE: [ActiveDir] ok, last one really

2005-08-13 Thread deji
Let's say the new DNS servers are 192.168.11.250 and 192.168.11.251 Let's say you have a folder called Myscripts in C:\ You create a file called Server-List.txt that contains all your servers' names, listed one per line and put it in C:\myscripts Then you copy the following code, put it in a file

RE: [ActiveDir] Limitlogin for users

2005-08-12 Thread deji
[1] It's actually 64 if you do it through the GUI. You can stuff 104 in there by script. [1]They just let me out of my rabbit hole long enough to compose this response. Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Directory Services www.readymaids.com - we know IT www.ako

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Command line to create a local account

2005-06-27 Thread deji
try cusrmgr. Look for the -alg and +s options. Jsiinc.com had some details on cusrmgr. Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Directory Services www.readymaids.com - we know IT www.akomolafe.com Do you now realize that Today is the Tomorrow you were worried about Yest

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Outlook Web Access & Split DNS

2005-06-27 Thread deji
You and Jeff are both completely correct - well, almost :). It's well-documented - I was just too excited to think when I saw Joe cop a plea on Exchange :) Since he has E2K3, I believe that this is what he wants: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/820378/ Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Outlook Web Access & Split DNS

2005-06-27 Thread deji
IIS -> Default Website (or wherever your exchange VD is located) -> right-click on Exchange -> Directory Security - > Default Domain.   Type in the name of your domain in there or just browse and select it.   And he says this isn’t his specialty ………. Yeah, right …. ;)   Sincerely,  

RE: [ActiveDir] Can't find anyting on this

2005-06-22 Thread deji
This? http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=834926 Next time, if Google lets you down, there is still eventid.net :) Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Directory Services www.readymaids.com - we know IT www.akomolafe.com Do you now realize that Today is the Tomorrow

RE: [ActiveDir] Migration between domains with same NetBios name

2005-06-17 Thread deji
>>Deji, you mention you've already leveraged rendom in production environments Correct. One of the most recent involved a divestiture, and that was when I had the conversation with Chris. You are correct in that this is an OS-limitation and Chris and I agreed on that too. But, he was th

RE: [ActiveDir] Migration between domains with same NetBios name

2005-06-16 Thread deji
Rick, you are overlooking one important factor - client usually do not have the tolerance for the method you are describing, especially not on an existing, production domain. They don't want to disrupt the existing infrastructure, they don't want to change what the users are used to, they don't wan

RE: [ActiveDir] Migration between domains with same NetBios name

2005-06-16 Thread deji
Guido, I had a discussion around this issue with Chris Macaulay (of ADMT3) last year. He said he would look into the possibility of doing something about this in the next build of v3. It's been more than 7 months since, and a new V3 build was released last month. You may want to look and see if t

RE: [ActiveDir] LDAP performance

2005-06-13 Thread deji
Something similar came up for discussion last week. My response was to increase the maxreceivebuffer size. See Q315071 and Q834317 HTH Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Directory Services www.readymaids.com - we know IT www.akomolafe.com Do you now realize that T

RE: [ActiveDir] Change password web interface

2005-06-13 Thread deji
iisadmpwd VD is one of the VDs that is ALWAYS neutered on any IIS server I touch - as part of my "server hardening" procedure. htr is one of the extensions that gets unmapped in any IIS installation I do. I have been doing this before IISLOCKDOWN and, luckily, before CodeRed I and II. Your experi

RE: [ActiveDir] Affect of a schema update on W2K SP4 AD

2005-06-13 Thread deji
M To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Affect of a schema update on W2K SP4 AD Deji, The attribute is used by the Aelita Exchange migration product. I am having to change it because Aelita uses it to store the alternate recipients and I have a few Exc 5.5 mailboxes that b

RE: [ActiveDir] DCPROMO over a 128\256K line

2005-06-13 Thread deji
This issue is discussed in 08_Deploy_ShipDC.doc and there are sample scripts to make the process smoother and more automated. The scripts and docs are available in ADBODG03.EXE and can be downloaded from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9353a4f6-a8a8-40bb-9 fa7-3a95c95401

RE: [ActiveDir] Affect of a schema update on W2K SP4 AD

2005-06-13 Thread deji
Even though you've prep'd everything, your underlying infrastructure is still W2K. As a result, you will still be doing a full GC sync. I have a q, though. Why are you increasing the RangeUpper? I am just curious and asking for my own education. Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I

RE: [ActiveDir] mstsc /console switch for non admins

2005-06-13 Thread deji
Rick, Got a minute to chat off-list? Don't know if your @cox.net addy is still live. Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Directory Services www.readymaids.com - we know IT www.akomolafe.com Do you now realize that Today is the Tomorrow you were worried about Yester

RE: [ActiveDir] LDAP max msg size

2005-06-09 Thread deji
Is this helpful? http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315071&sd=tech Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Directory Services www.readymaids.com - we know IT www.akomolafe.com Do you now realize that Today is the Tomorrow you were worried about Yes

RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange Mailbox Limits

2005-06-09 Thread deji
This is NOT personal, but let me say that your limits are overly restrictive and counter-productive as far as fostering good relationship with your end-users is concerned. In this day and age (html email and all), 25MB is nothing, especially when you consider the fact that hard drive costs are expo

RE: [ActiveDir] Discussion on exchange

2005-06-09 Thread deji
http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?join=exchangelist We occassionally field Exchange questions here, but the list above is dedicated solely to Exchange. A very good list, but not as gentle as Activedir. Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Directory Services www.

RE: [ActiveDir] Error in PDC Operations Master

2005-06-02 Thread deji
Something that confuses me in this (and in RID allocation generally) is: Isn't the RIDavailablePool held by the RID master? Is the value replicated among DCs? If it's not, does a DC have to check with the RID master BEFORE it increments this value? (I assume that it would, but I am not sure, espe

RE: [ActiveDir] ExchMbx Secondary SMTP

2005-06-01 Thread deji
Admod, eh? That's where you are hiding it? Who woulda thunk :o. Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Directory Services www.readymaids.com - we know IT www.akomolafe.com Do you now realize that Today is the Tomorrow you were worried about Yesterday? -anon __

RE: [ActiveDir] ExchMbx Secondary SMTP

2005-06-01 Thread deji
Joe says ExchMbx does not currently support this (got this info from his website). Now, if you are looking to script proxyaddresses, there are a number of sample vbscript codes out there to do this. What you need to understand is that proxyaddresses is multi-valued and should, therefore, be read/wr

RE: [ActiveDir] OT-Data ACLing

2005-06-01 Thread deji
Why not simply add the new group to the existing group that already has perm? Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Directory Services www.readymaids.com - we know IT www.akomolafe.com Do you now realize that Today is the Tomorrow you were worried about Yesterday? -an

RE: [ActiveDir] _msdcs question

2005-05-31 Thread deji
in a multi-domain > environ, or trust establishment, etc), it is not a necessity IF you do the > necessary home-work. > > > Sincerely, > > Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I > Microsoft MVP - Directory Services > www.readymaids.com - we know IT > www.akomolafe.

RE: [ActiveDir] _msdcs question

2005-05-31 Thread deji
www.akomolafe.com Do you now realize that Today is the Tomorrow you were worried about Yesterday? -anon From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Santhosh Sivarajan Sent: Tue 5/31/2005 4:59 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] _msdcs question

RE: [ActiveDir] _msdcs question

2005-05-31 Thread deji
anthosh Sivarajan Sent: Tue 5/31/2005 4:59 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] _msdcs question Deji, I completely understand your point but from my experience, if you don't have NetBIOS name resolution you cannot establish a trust. Also, you need to make sure all

RE: [ActiveDir] _msdcs question

2005-05-31 Thread deji
gets resolved to the YourDC that is located in MyDomain, which happens to be the same as YourDC.YourDomain. Deji From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Santhosh Sivarajan Sent: Tue 5/31/2005 2:07 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] _msdcs

RE: [ActiveDir] Catch all DNS record

2005-05-31 Thread deji
know IT www.akomolafe.com Do you now realize that Today is the Tomorrow you were worried about Yesterday? -anon From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Mike Newell Sent: Fri 5/27/2005 8:25 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Catch all DNS rec

RE: [ActiveDir] lastlogontimestamp-

2005-05-31 Thread deji
You are ascribing more power to me than I possess, Rick :p There is no known way to get Joe's head to be bigger than it currently is. It's sooo big it has its own separate zip/area code :-0 Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Directory Services www.readymaids.c

RE: [ActiveDir] lastlogontimestamp-

2005-05-27 Thread deji
I'll yield on this and stand corrected. Although I did not exactly remember reading about (or observing) this behavior, current materials I just consulted say that Joe and Diane are correct - as always. Got to read more. Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Director

RE: [ActiveDir] lastlogontimestamp-

2005-05-27 Thread deji
In NT4, all updates go up to the PDC. This is why you will get a true last login report. Post NT4, most updates take place on any DC, and lastlogon is one such update. Because it is possible that a user can be authenticated by different DC at different time, AND because lastlogon is NOT replicate

RE: [ActiveDir] lastlogontimestamp

2005-05-27 Thread deji
A SWAG? I think it's because the tool is NOT looking at the lastlogontimestamp, it is looking at the regular lastlogon, which, unfortunately is still not replicated and correlated between DCs. The tools predate 2K3, so it's possible that they weren't re-written to look at lastlogontimestamp. I wo

RE: [ActiveDir] Catch all DNS record

2005-05-27 Thread deji
It *should* be fine. A catch-all will only be mapped for non-existent records, so if the records exists in DNS, the lookup for that record will resolve to the right resource. Now, I qualify "should" because there are some interesting behaviors you will see when using DNS wildcards. One of them is

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