RE: DFSR
Ah. I'm recommending SMB 3.0 scale-out for that now. From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 8:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: DFSR That can be mitigated with setting referral ordering on the namespace for common shares. I don't DFSR to load balance, I do it for uptime. All of the shares are referral ordered to just one server. To date, we have not had any double edit issues. Although I probably just jinxed myself. From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 5:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: DFSR The big deal with DFS (IMO) is the double-edit issue. Two people can edit the same file at the same time and the last one that saves the file wins. From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 5:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: DFSR I resolved my DFS issue from last week (pilot error :)). My question is this: Is there a reason not to leverage DFS for most file shares? It seems to me like it's a good way to be able to down a server (read: patch and reboot) and keep the file shares available, but I also know with something that's new to me makes it easy to overlook something simple. I'd guess it's not a good idea to DFS *every* file share, just mission-critical ones? In the scenario I care about the sites are all connected at 10Mbit or better and there's no more than 40 users connected to any one server at a time and 55 is the total user count. All storage is local, no SAN /iSCSI, etc. I did find this too: http://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2010/11/01/common-dfsr-configuration-mistakes-and-oversights.aspx Seems like the only downside - as long as you're paying attention to things listed in the link above - is using 2x/3x+ of the overall disk space as without DFSR, and possible traffic if you are a huge environment with very slow connections. David Lum Sr. Systems Engineer // NWEATM Office 503.548.5229 // Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: End of month plan B for list shutdown.
Would you also do one for Exchange ? From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 10:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: End of month plan B for list shutdown. Done. Link is here: http://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/services/email-lists/ Rod Trenthttp://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/community/members/rodtrent/ [myITSMButton]http://www.myitforum.com/[TwitterButton]http://twitter.com/rodtrent[Facebookbutton]http://www.facebook.com/rodtrent[LinkedInButton]http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=2881785 From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 10:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: End of month plan B for list shutdown. Sounds good to me and post the link so we can start over there… Z Edward E. Ziots, CISSP, CISA, Security +, Network + Security Engineer Lifespan Organization ezi...@lifespan.orgmailto:ezi...@lifespan.org Work:401-444-9081 This electronic message and any attachments may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If you are reading this message, but are not the intended recipient, nor an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you are strictly prohibited from copying, printing, forwarding or otherwise disseminating this communication. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender by replying to the message. Then, delete the message from your computer. Thank you. [Description: Description: Lifespan] From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 9:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: End of month plan B for list shutdown. I vote do it. I prefer e-mail to web forum for this stuff. From: rodtr...@myitforum.commailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 5:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: End of month plan B for list shutdown. I can set up a list in a few minutes, just say the word. We already host over 25 lists and have plenty of bandwidth to spare. Sent from Microsoft Surface Pro From: Kennedy, Jim Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 8:14 AM To: NT System Admin Issues The end of the month and allegedly the end of the list is tomorrow. We need a plan B to get back in contact to get this going again if possible. Someone got a blog we can bookmark for new/announcements that would be willing to post anything they hear? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin inline: image001.pnginline: image002.pnginline: image003.pnginline: image004.pnginline: image005.jpg
FW: Potential List Move
I posted this on the Exchange list, and I might as well post it here too. Just in case someone has missed it. :) From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 12:50 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Potential List Move Folks - As was mentioned here late last week, Stu mentioned on the NTSysAdmin list that that list was going to be shut down. And he said it was happening soon: as in tomorrow. Despite an email to the proper person at GFI, I have not been able to determine whether that affects this list or what the actual drop dead date is. Rod Trent, of myITForum (owned by WindowsITPro, that is Penton Media) has set up replacement lists for both Exchange and for NTSysAdmin. If you are not familiar with myITForum, they run MMS (Microsoft Management Summit) and have run Windows-focused mailing lists for many years. For insurance, if for no other reason, I encourage you to go register yourselves for the Exchange list (and the NTSysAdmin list, if you are on that list as well). The list is available via email and via the web. So both options are available to you. The sign-up is at: http://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/services/email-lists/ Hope to see you there. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: DFSR
The big deal with DFS (IMO) is the double-edit issue. Two people can edit the same file at the same time and the last one that saves the file wins. From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 5:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: DFSR I resolved my DFS issue from last week (pilot error :)). My question is this: Is there a reason not to leverage DFS for most file shares? It seems to me like it's a good way to be able to down a server (read: patch and reboot) and keep the file shares available, but I also know with something that's new to me makes it easy to overlook something simple. I'd guess it's not a good idea to DFS *every* file share, just mission-critical ones? In the scenario I care about the sites are all connected at 10Mbit or better and there's no more than 40 users connected to any one server at a time and 55 is the total user count. All storage is local, no SAN /iSCSI, etc. I did find this too: http://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2010/11/01/common-dfsr-configuration-mistakes-and-oversights.aspx Seems like the only downside - as long as you're paying attention to things listed in the link above - is using 2x/3x+ of the overall disk space as without DFSR, and possible traffic if you are a huge environment with very slow connections. David Lum Sr. Systems Engineer // NWEATM Office 503.548.5229 // Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Bad symbolic link in registry
How about a rename? -Original Message- From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 2:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Bad symbolic link in registry I have a symlink in the registry of a 08r2 server that I can not remove which is preventing the installation of an app. If i recreate the target I can access it, but still can not delete it. Anyone a tool to remove such a stubborn problem? Thanks! jlc ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: _Lumina_822_phone
Not questioning your choice - but what didn't you like about the Lumia? From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2013 10:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: _Lumina_822_phone I got one from work and was pretty excited until I actually started using it. Then I sent it back and got a Droid DNA, much better. Sent from my MK-19 grenade launcher. On Feb 16, 2013 8:51 PM, joeu...@chronic.orgmailto:joeu...@chronic.org wrote: I have the HTC Trophy - WP 7.5 -- 7.8 on Verizon. Solid, stable, Superb. Only gripe is that HTC doesn't treat its users as well as Nokia (Nokia has many exclusive apps). They can take my Trophy - when they pry it out of my cold, dead hand. WP8 is pretty good. Some phones seem to have some issues and others don't. Wi-Fi connectivity, battery life, etc. I think once it gets a patch under it's belt it will be solid. Remind you of anything? Friends have got a phone with an issue, returned it for another - same model - no more issue. So... Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... ...now these points of data make a beautiful line... Original Message Subject: RE:_Lumina_822_phone From: rodtr...@myitforum.commailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com Date: Sat, February 16, 2013 7:47 am To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.commailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com I'm on Verizon and opted for the HTC 8X instead. In my opinion, after testing both, the HTC is a better device. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: _Lumina_822_phone
Actually, I'm just looking for education. :) From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu] Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2013 11:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: _Lumina_822_phone I think that's the very definition if questioning his choice. :) (still waiting for a lumia on sprint) Sent from my Windows Phone From: Michael B. Smith Sent: 4/27/2013 9:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: _Lumina_822_phone Not questioning your choice - but what didn't you like about the Lumia? From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2013 10:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: _Lumina_822_phone I got one from work and was pretty excited until I actually started using it. Then I sent it back and got a Droid DNA, much better. Sent from my MK-19 grenade launcher. On Feb 16, 2013 8:51 PM, joeu...@chronic.orgmailto:joeu...@chronic.org wrote: I have the HTC Trophy - WP 7.5 -- 7.8 on Verizon. Solid, stable, Superb. Only gripe is that HTC doesn't treat its users as well as Nokia (Nokia has many exclusive apps). They can take my Trophy - when they pry it out of my cold, dead hand. WP8 is pretty good. Some phones seem to have some issues and others don't. Wi-Fi connectivity, battery life, etc. I think once it gets a patch under it's belt it will be solid. Remind you of anything? Friends have got a phone with an issue, returned it for another - same model - no more issue. So... Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... ...now these points of data make a beautiful line... Original Message Subject: RE:_Lumina_822_phone From: rodtr...@myitforum.commailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com Date: Sat, February 16, 2013 7:47 am To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.commailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com I'm on Verizon and opted for the HTC 8X instead. In my opinion, after testing both, the HTC is a better device. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: _Lumina_822_phone
I am very fond of the Nokia apps. Are those available on the HTC? From: rodtr...@myitforum.com [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2013 3:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: _Lumina_822_phone HTC 8x is a better phone than the Lumia. Lumia has a better camera, that's about it. Sent from Microsoft Surface Pro From: James Kerr Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2013 1:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Well, I had been a user of Windows phone back in the 6.x days then I got a Android device for work and another for personal use and I really got used to it and liked it a lot. I was however, excited to get a Windows phone again as it looked like it had come along a ways. When I got the Lumia and started using it, it just seemed unfinished/very basic. When I setup active sync on it, it didn't like the cheap cert we had for exchange (starfield?). Anyway, my new Andoid phone with Jelly Bean is far more devoloped and thought out. The fit and finish of the OS is much better. When I showed our CEO my Windows phone he just about laughed and said he would prefer to keep his DroidX, he ended up getting an iPhone (not his pick) and sent that back and asked for another Android. I think he is going to end up with a S4. On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 10:30 AM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.commailto:mich...@smithcons.com wrote: Not questioning your choice – but what didn’t you like about the Lumia? From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.commailto:cluster...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2013 10:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: _Lumina_822_phone I got one from work and was pretty excited until I actually started using it. Then I sent it back and got a Droid DNA, much better. Sent from my MK-19 grenade launcher. On Feb 16, 2013 8:51 PM, joeu...@chronic.orgmailto:joeu...@chronic.org wrote: I have the HTC Trophy - WP 7.5 -- 7.8 on Verizon. Solid, stable, Superb. Only gripe is that HTC doesn't treat its users as well as Nokia (Nokia has many exclusive apps). They can take my Trophy - when they pry it out of my cold, dead hand. WP8 is pretty good. Some phones seem to have some issues and others don't. Wi-Fi connectivity, battery life, etc. I think once it gets a patch under it's belt it will be solid. Remind you of anything? Friends have got a phone with an issue, returned it for another - same model - no more issue. So... Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... ...now these points of data make a beautiful line... Original Message Subject: RE:_Lumina_822_phone From: rodtr...@myitforum.commailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com Date: Sat, February 16, 2013 7:47 am To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.commailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com I’m on Verizon and opted for the HTC 8X instead. In my opinion, after testing both, the HTC is a better device. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email
RE: Startup processes
If you need powershell ping, let me know. From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 9:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Startup processes I do love a bit of batch scripting :-) Unfortunately I can only use JScript (!), VBScript or PowerShell in my console, but it could be adapted with a bit of time and effort. If nothing simpler turns up, it'll definitely be something like this I will use. Cheers, JR On 25 April 2013 14:23, Kennedy, Jim kennedy...@elyriaschools.orgmailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org wrote: The other problem I've got is looping the routine enough to give it time for the network to connect :START PING -n 1 192.168.1.1|find Reply from NUL IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 goto :SUCCESS IF ERRORLEVEL 1 goto :FAIL :FAIL ping 192.0.2.2 -n 1 -w 1 nul (or some other non-existent address, will wait for 10 seconds) goto :START :SUCCESS Run your process :END Might want to add a counter in there, so it exits after a certain number of tries. Set the whole thing as a startup scheduled task. -Original Message- From: Kennedy, Jim Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 9:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Startup processes Along Joseph's linesif you can control the process you are running on startup from a command line. ECHO Checking connection, please wait... PING -n 1 192.168.1.1|find Reply from NUL IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 goto :SUCCESS IF ERRORLEVEL 1 goto :FAIL :FAIL Goto :End (or whatever you want to do) :SUCCESS Run your process :END -Original Message- From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.commailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 9:14 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Startup processes If you can query for the process, can you not query the network? Lookup the gateway and ping it... From: kz2...@googlemail.commailto:kz2...@googlemail.com Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 6:11 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Startup processes On a Windows system, is there a process that runs on startup that will only run if there is network connectivity present? I've got a strange requirement and I need to be able to tell when the network is available, if possible. TIA, JR Sent from my Blackberry, which may be an antique but delivers email RELIABLY ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin -- James Rankin Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: ALERT : NTSYSADMIN LIST MIGRATION
Can't whip up a function until I know how to do it meself... From: Free, Bob [mailto:r...@pge.com] Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 3:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: ALERT : NTSYSADMIN LIST MIGRATION Web- Call MBS and he'll whip you up a function From: Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com] Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 12:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: ALERT : NTSYSADMIN LIST MIGRATION Do we need to do something? Thanks Webster From: s...@knowbe4.commailto:s...@knowbe4.com [mailto:s...@knowbe4.com] Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 1:45 PM To: lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: ALERT : NTSYSADMIN LIST MIGRATION Hi All, You are invited to the new NTSYSADMIN list hosted by KnowBe4. This replaces the Lyris list hosted by Sunbelt Software / GFI, which will shut down at the end of this month. GFI will confirm this with a separate message. I will continue to moderate the NTSYSADMIN list from KnowBe4. Warm regards, Stu ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin PGE is committed to protecting our customers' privacy. To learn more, please visit http://www.pge.com/about/company/privacy/customer/ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: ALERT : NTSYSADMIN LIST MIGRATION
It was normal for 20 years, until Outlook didn't do it and it gained primacy. All of the other clients followed along. -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 5:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: ALERT : NTSYSADMIN LIST MIGRATION Oh my...that's a lot of work for both the recipient and the sender and definitely not the norm. I guess we're all just doing it wrong. :) I thought it was an email client issue, like you were using Lotus Notes or something. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 5:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: ALERT : NTSYSADMIN LIST MIGRATION See response below... On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Rod Trent rodtr...@myitforum.com wrote: Every time I see your messages come through I almost delete it automatically, thinking someone accidentally hit Send too soon. Then, I realize your response is *under* the original text. Tricky. Is that a Gmail thing? -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 4:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: ALERT : NTSYSADMIN LIST MIGRATION On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 11:44 AM, s...@knowbe4.com wrote: Hi All, You are invited to the new NTSYSADMIN list hosted by KnowBe4. This replaces the Lyris list hosted by Sunbelt Software / GFI, which will shut down at the end of this month. GFI will confirm this with a separate message. I will continue to moderate the NTSYSADMIN list from KnowBe4. Warm regards, Stu Continuity? That is, will the archives migrate too? You say invited does this mean I have to do a new signup? If so, where's the subscription info? Can you ban the indeed when used as a single word response? :) Will you finally migrate to mailman so that we can have a sane list handler? Kurt No, it's called bottom posting, and I do it by deleting the to empty lines that gmail starts with, then CTRL-END to the bottom of the message and delete the cruft that the list software appends to each message. It's (IMNSHO) the better way of pursuing a conversation, for two reasons: o- It maintains a natural flow of reading - read the post all the way through, then read the reply all the way through, instead of read the reply, then bounce down and read the original post o- If you're doing in-line replies, it's also more natural, as it's easier to maintain conversation flow while responding to individual thoughts in the original post(s). Kurt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: ALERT : NTSYSADMIN LIST MIGRATION
I will not use a google property for something that has a business purpose for me. I'm only one person, but I doubt I'm the only one that feels that way. From: G.Waleed Kavalec [mailto:kava...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 5:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: ALERT : NTSYSADMIN LIST MIGRATION Any reason we shouldn't jump into the new world? Like https://plus.google.com/communities/105379670851238376600 Or build our own? On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 4:49 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.commailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: See response below... On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Rod Trent rodtr...@myitforum.commailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com wrote: Every time I see your messages come through I almost delete it automatically, thinking someone accidentally hit Send too soon. Then, I realize your response is *under* the original text. Tricky. Is that a Gmail thing? -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.commailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 4:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: ALERT : NTSYSADMIN LIST MIGRATION On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 11:44 AM, s...@knowbe4.commailto:s...@knowbe4.com wrote: Hi All, You are invited to the new NTSYSADMIN list hosted by KnowBe4. This replaces the Lyris list hosted by Sunbelt Software / GFI, which will shut down at the end of this month. GFI will confirm this with a separate message. I will continue to moderate the NTSYSADMIN list from KnowBe4. Warm regards, Stu Continuity? That is, will the archives migrate too? You say invited does this mean I have to do a new signup? If so, where's the subscription info? Can you ban the indeed when used as a single word response? :) Will you finally migrate to mailman so that we can have a sane list handler? Kurt No, it's called bottom posting, and I do it by deleting the to empty lines that gmail starts with, then CTRL-END to the bottom of the message and delete the cruft that the list software appends to each message. It's (IMNSHO) the better way of pursuing a conversation, for two reasons: o- It maintains a natural flow of reading - read the post all the way through, then read the reply all the way through, instead of read the reply, then bounce down and read the original post o- If you're doing in-line replies, it's also more natural, as it's easier to maintain conversation flow while responding to individual thoughts in the original post(s). Kurt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin -- G. Waleed Kavalec -- The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices, to be found only in the minds of men. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy, and a thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all of its own - for the children, and the children yet unborn. And the pity of it is that these things cannot be confined to the Twilight Zone. - Rod Serling; Closing monologue from The Monsters are Due on Maple Street The Twilight Zone, Season 1, Episode 22 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Need to create a csv through Powershell/Exchange Shell
All you need to do is update the LDAP query filter.
You can see what you need to do for that, here:
http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2012/01/17/sending-an-email-to-users-whose-password-is-about-to-expire-a-powershell-rewrite.aspx
From: Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife [mailto:joseph.hea...@wildlife.ca.gov]
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 11:29 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Need to create a csv through Powershell/Exchange Shell
Michael,
That worked magnificently. Thank you. I would prefer the teach to fish
approach as well, but I really appreciate the help. There's some tweaking that
I'd like to do to it, to filter out disabled accounts, but I'll just play with
it on my own.
Joe Heaton
Enterprise Server Support
CA Department of Fish and Wildlife
1807 13th Street, Suite 201
Sacramento, CA 95811
Desk: (916) 323-1284
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 2:50 PM
To: Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife; NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Need to create a csv through Powershell/Exchange Shell
I GREATLY prefer the teach a man to fish paradigm, but to do this one
properly requires some fairly in-depth knowledge of the AD PowerShell module
and how Exchange stores information in AD. To do it efficiently needs an LDAP
search and using a filter in PowerShell.
So that it can be exported properly, the output needs to be simple objects (not
complex), but not just strings.
Oh, and since it can't be guaranteed that FirstName, LastName are unique, it
also includes the sAMAccountName (unique in any given domain).
So I wrote this one. And will blog it. :P I had the various pieces already
(yay, for code re-use!).
Adjust $secondaryDomain as a parameter, or in the source; as meets your needs.
You can Export-Csv or Export-CliXML to your heart's content. :)
Param(
[string]$secondaryDomain = @TheEssentialExchange.com,
[int]$secondaryDomainLen = $secondaryDomain.Length
)
filter strip-Addresses
{
$proxies = $_.proxyAddresses
$primary =
$secondary =
$object = | Select GivenName, Surname, sAMAccountName,
PrimarySmtp, SecondarySmtp
$object.GivenName = $_.GivenName
$object.SurName= $_.SurName
$object.sAMAccountName = $_.sAMAccountName
foreach( $proxy in $proxies )
{
$len = $proxy.Length
## note: SMTP:.Length == 5
## note: The primary SMTP address has a
CAPITALIZED SMTP: prefix
## all secondary SMTP addresses have a
lowercase smtp: prefix
## note: any interesting secondary proxy
address will be longer than
## SMTP:.Length + $secondaryDomainLen
if( $len -gt 5 )
{
$prefix = $proxy.SubString( 0,
5 )
$temp = $proxy.SubString( 5 )
##strip off smtp:, if present
if( $prefix -ceq SMTP: )
{
$primary = $temp
if(
$secondary.Length -gt 0 )
{
break ## we have both primary and secondary,
## we don't need to look any more
}
}
elseif( $prefix -ceq smtp:
-and $len -gt ( 5 + $secondaryDomainLen ) )
{
if(
$temp.EndsWith( $secondaryDomain ) )
{
$secondary = $temp
if( $primary.Length -gt 0 )
{
break ## we have both primary and secondary,
## we don't need to look any more
RE: Need to create a csv through Powershell/Exchange Shell
I GREATLY prefer the teach a man to fish paradigm, but to do this one
properly requires some fairly in-depth knowledge of the AD PowerShell module
and how Exchange stores information in AD. To do it efficiently needs an LDAP
search and using a filter in PowerShell.
So that it can be exported properly, the output needs to be simple objects (not
complex), but not just strings.
Oh, and since it can't be guaranteed that FirstName, LastName are unique, it
also includes the sAMAccountName (unique in any given domain).
So I wrote this one. And will blog it. :P I had the various pieces already
(yay, for code re-use!).
Adjust $secondaryDomain as a parameter, or in the source; as meets your needs.
You can Export-Csv or Export-CliXML to your heart's content. :)
Param(
[string]$secondaryDomain = @TheEssentialExchange.com,
[int]$secondaryDomainLen = $secondaryDomain.Length
)
filter strip-Addresses
{
$proxies = $_.proxyAddresses
$primary =
$secondary =
$object = | Select GivenName, Surname, sAMAccountName,
PrimarySmtp, SecondarySmtp
$object.GivenName = $_.GivenName
$object.SurName= $_.SurName
$object.sAMAccountName = $_.sAMAccountName
foreach( $proxy in $proxies )
{
$len = $proxy.Length
## note: SMTP:.Length == 5
## note: The primary SMTP address has a
CAPITALIZED SMTP: prefix
## all secondary SMTP addresses have a
lowercase smtp: prefix
## note: any interesting secondary proxy
address will be longer than
## SMTP:.Length + $secondaryDomainLen
if( $len -gt 5 )
{
$prefix = $proxy.SubString( 0,
5 )
$temp = $proxy.SubString( 5 )
##strip off smtp:, if present
if( $prefix -ceq SMTP: )
{
$primary = $temp
if(
$secondary.Length -gt 0 )
{
break ## we have both primary and secondary,
## we don't need to look any more
}
}
elseif( $prefix -ceq smtp:
-and $len -gt ( 5 + $secondaryDomainLen ) )
{
if(
$temp.EndsWith( $secondaryDomain ) )
{
$secondary = $temp
if( $primary.Length -gt 0 )
{
break ## we have both primary and secondary,
## we don't need to look any more
}
}
}
}
}
$object.PrimarySmtp = $primary
$object.SecondarySmtp = $secondary
$object
}
Import-Module ActiveDirectory
Get-AdUser -LDAPFilter ((objectCategory=user)(proxyAddresses=*)) `
-Properties GivenName, SurName, proxyAddresses -ResultSetSize
$null |
strip-Addresses
From: Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife [mailto:joseph.hea...@wildlife.ca.gov]
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 4:32 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Need to create a csv through Powershell/Exchange Shell
Don,
That helps with that part, but here's what I'm trying to get to:
Primary SMTP address, First Name, Last Name, Secondary smtp address
In one report/csv/whatever.
Joe Heaton
Enterprise Server Support
CA Department of Fish and Wildlife
1807 13th Street, Suite 201
Sacramento, CA 95811
Desk: (916) 323-1284
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~
RE: Need to create a csv through Powershell/Exchange Shell
Then you will need to use a function or a filter to select the proper email
addresses.
Who do you know which ones are the right ones?
From: Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife [mailto:joseph.hea...@wildlife.ca.gov]
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 4:10 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Need to create a csv through Powershell/Exchange Shell
The class is:
Automate Windows Server Administration with Powershell 2.0
Microsoft course #: 10325
We have a training facility here, called IS Inc.
Here's what I've found so far:
Get-Mailbox -ResultSize Unlimited | Select Name -expandemailaddresses | select
SmtpAddress
Unfortunately, that just lists everyone's e-mail addresses; all of them. We
have a temp address as well as the new and old addresses. The temp address
allows the old Groupwise system to forward mail over to the new Exchange
mailbox.
The attributes I've found that I could use, if I go through AD, vs. Exchange:
givenName - first name
mail - e-mail address (primary, but this field is not filled out for everyone.
It gets filled out properly when the user is migrated to Exchange)
sn - Last name
proxyAddresses - gives me all e-mail addresses, but this will include addresses
that I don't want, as well as those that I do.
Joe Heaton
Enterprise Server Support
CA Department of Fish and Wildlife
1807 13th Street, Suite 201
Sacramento, CA 95811
Desk: (916) 323-1284
From: Candee [mailto:can...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 4:37 AM
To: Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife; NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Need to create a csv through Powershell/Exchange Shell
You can list all smtp addresses - will that work for you?
I haven't tested it; but I found this.
What class are you going to? I'm looking for live classroom training, but it's
difficult to find.
http://dxpetti.com/blog/?p=175
Get-Mailbox -Database Mailserver\Databasename -ResultSize Unlimited
|Select-Object DisplayName,ServerName,PrimarySmtpAddress,
@{Name=EmailAddresses;Expression={$_EmailAddresses |Where-Object
{$_.PrefixString -ceq smtp} | ForEach-Object {$_.SmtpAddress}}} | Export-Csv
c:\mailbox_alias.csv
On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife
joseph.hea...@wildlife.ca.govmailto:joseph.hea...@wildlife.ca.gov wrote:
I need the following information for all users in my organization:
Primary SMTP address, First Name, Last Name, Secondary smtp address
Now, I know I can get primary smtp address through Exchange Shell, but that
looks like all I can get there.
I see that I can use the mail field in AD, but that's a field that will be
inaccurate for a lot of my folks, since not everyone has been migrated to
Exchange yet, so that field is either blank, or reflects their old e-mail
address. I know that I can also get givenName for first name, and sn for last
name. The secondary smtp is where I am lost, as proxyAddresses lists all smtp
addresses, which includes a temp address for the migration efforts, in addition
to the two that I do want.
Anyone have ideas?
I am going to a Powershell class next month, so hopefully some of that helps me
get on track with Powershell.
Thanks,
Joe Heaton
Enterprise Server Support
CA Department of Fish and Wildlife
1807 13th Street, Suite 201
Sacramento, CA 95811
Desk: (916) 323-1284tel:%28916%29%20323-1284
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RE: Volume Activation with Windows Server 2012
Enter feedback on the technet pages. From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 8:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Volume Activation with Windows Server 2012 Not really a question here, just curious if others found themselves confused as I did with this. So I setup our KMS infrastructure here when we began testing Windows Server 2008, so I'm fairly familiar with Volume Activation 2.0 . We are just in the planning stages of looking at 2012 and I wanted to get everything in order to test. So I ask our licensing guy to go and get me the Group C KMS key for 2012. He tells me there isn't one. There is just a 2012 key. So I start looking for the documentation on this, thinking that there would be some kind of update to Volume Activation . like 2.1, to accommodate for the change. And when you start looking, everything points back to the 2.0 information. Until I finally found this: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj134256.aspx Which tells me what I needed to know. But the fact that all the other MS documentation on Volume Activation hasn't been updated with this information, is a little confusing to say the least. Anyone else run into this? Christopher Bodnar Enterprise Architect I, Corporate Office of Technology:Enterprise Architecture and Engineering Services Tel 610-807-6459 3900 Burgess Place, Bethlehem, PA 18017 christopher_bod...@glic.commailto: [cid:image001.jpg@01CE3B4B.BEF730E0] The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America www.guardianlife.comhttp://www.guardianlife.com/ - This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmininline: image001.jpg
RE: PowerShell noob help
I don't use the QAD tools, but my guess is that New-QadUser does not return
employeeNumber as one of the attributes of the resulting object. You would
need to add that.
From: Candee [mailto:can...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 8:37 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: PowerShell noob help
Okay you guys...
here it is; credit card numbers changed to protect the innocent.
;)
Any advice is appreciated - I can take it. Really.
When it's done it sends the logs and newusers file to me.
Thanks all!
___
#Import from HR
#Create SAM, UPN
#modified 4/16/2013 - CDV
Import-module activedirectory
add-PSSnapin quest.activeroles.admanagement
$newusers = C:\temp\scripts\newusers_ver2.csv
$date = Get-Date
#Exchange database for new mailboxes
$userdb = ops
#specify path to save log file
$logpath = C:\temp\scripts\Error.logs
#parent container for all new users
$OU = 'ourdomain.local/organization/internal/us/greene/newusers'
#create password
$pass = ConvertTo-SecureString -asplaintext R@ym0nd!! -Force
#Set Domain Controller
Set-ADServerSettings -PreferredServer usnygrds01.ourdomain.local
#Set Domain root
$DNSROOT = '@'+ourdomain.comhttp://ourdomain.com/
Start-Transcript C:\temp\scripts\Epicor_Import.logs -append
$createdusers = @()
Import-Csv $newusers |foreach {
$preferredfirstname = $_.preferredfirstname
$lastnamepreferred = $_.lastnamepreferred
$SAM = $preferredfirstname.substring(0,1)+$lastnamepreferred
$UPN = $preferredfirstname +.+$lastnamepreferred+$DNSROOT
$Displayname = $lastnamepreferred + +$preferredfirstname
$Email = $UPN
$testemail = get-recipient -identity $email -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
$user = Get-QADUser -SamAccountName $SAM
if($user -ne $Null) {
*
$($User.name) already exists -
*THIS USER NEEDS TO BE MANUALLY CREATED*
} Elseif ($testemail -ne $Null) {
*
$($DISPLAYNAME) Email address already exists
*THIS MAILBOX NEEDS TO BE MANUALLY CREATED*
}ELSE{
*
Creating a new user account for $($DISPLAYNAME)
$NewUser = New-qaduser -name $SAM `
-parentcontainer $OU `
-userprincipalname $UPN `
-samaccountname $SAM `
-displayname $displayname `
-mail $email `
-givenname $_.preferredfirstname`
-sn $_.lastnamepreferred `
-userPassword $pass `
-company $_.Company `
-department $_.department -title $_.businesscardtitle -telephonenumber
$_.telephone `
-city $_.city -postalcode $_.zip -state $_.state `
-streetaddress $_.street -manager $_.manager `
-oa
@{ipphone=$_.ipphone;mobile=$_.mobile;employeeid=$_.employeeid;employeenumber=$_.employeegui}
`
start-sleep -s 10
if($_.mailenabled -eq 'true') {
Creating a mailbox for $($Newuser.name)
$Newuser |foreach-object {enable-mailbox -identity $newuser.email -database
$userdb } `
}Else {
User does not require Email
}#end of mailenabled
}#end of create new user
$createdusers += $Newuser
$createdusers|select name,displayname,email|export-csv
C:\temp\scripts\Epicor_export.csv -notype
}
Stop-transcript
On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 7:30 AM, Webster
webs...@carlwebster.commailto:webs...@carlwebster.com wrote:
That is why you publish your code so others can use it and help you refine it.
Carl Webster
Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional
http://www.CarlWebster.comhttp://www.carlwebster.com/
From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.commailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 4:43 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: PowerShell noob help
Well that lil' bit of PS worked so well I did a blog post about it (naturally
with appropriate credits)
http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/flagging-os-of-device-connecting-to.html
This is about the time I will find out it doesn't work on anyone else's
infrastructure and have to spend weeks rewriting it :-(
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RE: PowerShell noob help
Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name EmployeeNumber ...
:)
From: Candee [mailto:can...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 1:47 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: PowerShell noob help
the problem is getting it in the array.
I tried this at the top:
$createdusers = @()
$employeenumber = @()
and then this at the end, but no matter what I user, I can't get it to export.
I know I'm not doing it right, but I *think* I'm on the right track.
$employeenumber += employeenumber
$createdusers += $Newuser
$createdusers|select
name,displayname,email,employeenumber|export-csv
C:\temp\scripts\Epicor_export.csv -notype
$employeenumber |select employeenumber |export-csv
C:\temp\scripts\empnum.csv -notype
On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Guyer, Don
dgu...@che.orgmailto:dgu...@che.org wrote:
I'm a PS noob myself but, trying to learn so excuse me if I'm wrong
but...wouldn't the column heading be employeegui?
-oa
@{ipphone=$_.ipphone;mobile=$_.mobile;employeeid=$_.employeeid;employeenumber=$_.employeegui}
`
Regards,
Don Guyer
Catholic Health East - Information Technology
Enterprise Directory Messaging Services
3805 West Chester Pike, Suite 100, Newtown Square, Pa 19073
email: dgu...@che.orgmailto:dgu...@che.org
Office: 610.550.3595tel:610.550.3595 | Cell: 610.955.6528tel:610.955.6528
| Fax: 610.271.9440tel:610.271.9440
For immediate assistance, please open a Service Desk ticket or call the
helpdesk @ 610-492-3839tel:610-492-3839.
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From: Candee [mailto:can...@gmail.commailto:can...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 11:48 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: PowerShell noob help
nah, I tried that. The column heading is employeenumber, but no data is
exported.
I have to add the attribute to the $creatednames array somehow.
On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 11:20 AM, Guyer, Don
dgu...@che.orgmailto:dgu...@che.org wrote:
Wouldn't you just change $createdusers|select
name,displayname,email|export-csv C:\temp\scripts\Epicor_export.csv -notype
to
$createdusers|select name,displayname,employeenumber,email|export-csv
C:\temp\scripts\Epicor_export.csv -notype?
Regards,
Don Guyer
Catholic Health East - Information Technology
Enterprise Directory Messaging Services
3805 West Chester Pike, Suite 100, Newtown Square, Pa 19073
email: dgu...@che.orgmailto:dgu...@che.org
Office: 610.550.3595tel:610.550.3595 | Cell: 610.955.6528tel:610.955.6528
| Fax: 610.271.9440tel:610.271.9440
For immediate assistance, please open a Service Desk ticket or call the
helpdesk @ 610-492-3839tel:610-492-3839.
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From: Candee [mailto:can...@gmail.commailto:can...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 10:46 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: PowerShell noob help
Thanks!
I will see if I can figure out how.
:)
On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Michael B. Smith
mich...@smithcons.commailto:mich...@smithcons.com wrote:
I don't use the QAD tools, but my guess is that New-QadUser does not return
employeeNumber as one of the attributes of the resulting object. You would
need to add that.
From: Candee [mailto:can...@gmail.commailto:can...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 8:37 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: PowerShell noob help
Okay you guys...
here it is; credit card numbers changed to protect the innocent.
;)
Any advice is appreciated - I can take it. Really.
When it's done it sends the logs and newusers file to me.
Thanks all!
___
#Import from HR
#Create SAM, UPN
#modified 4/16/2013 - CDV
Import-module activedirectory
add-PSSnapin quest.activeroles.admanagement
$newusers = C:\temp\scripts\newusers_ver2.csv
$date = Get-Date
#Exchange database for new mailboxes
$userdb = ops
#specify path to save log file
$logpath = C:\temp\scripts\Error.logs
#parent container for all new users
$OU = 'ourdomain.local/organization/internal/us/greene/newusers'
#create password
$pass = ConvertTo-SecureString -asplaintext R@ym0nd!! -Force
#Set Domain Controller
Set-ADServerSettings -PreferredServer usnygrds01.ourdomain.local
#Set Domain root
$DNSROOT = '@'+ourdomain.comhttp://ourdomain.com/
Start-Transcript C:\temp\scripts\Epicor_Import.logs -append
$createdusers = @()
Import-Csv $newusers |foreach {
$preferredfirstname = $_.preferredfirstname
$lastnamepreferred = $_.lastnamepreferred
$SAM = $preferredfirstname.substring(0,1)+$lastnamepreferred
$UPN = $preferredfirstname +.+$lastnamepreferred+$DNSROOT
$Displayname = $lastnamepreferred + +$preferredfirstname
$Email = $UPN
$testemail = get-recipient -identity $email -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
$user = Get-QADUser -SamAccountName $SAM
if($user -ne $Null) {
*
$($User.name) already exists -
*THIS USER NEEDS TO BE MANUALLY CREATED
RE: On the subject of security...
IOW: Security is for the MANAGEMENT of risk and MITIGATION of same. For real world systems, and usage of them, there is no such thing as perfect security. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 2:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: On the subject of security... On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 1:59 AM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: ...today's XKCD sums it up nicely http://xkcd.com/1200/ So, yeah, that's true if you don't use full disk encryption, or a password on your computer/domain account ... You're missing the point. A lot of devs and admins fall into the trap of protecting the system and forgetting that there's a reason why we have the system in the first place. I ultimately don't care about my root account. Protecting it is just a means to an end -- protecting my data, most of which lives in my user account. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Can you do this with .CMD?
He said no PowerShell. Search “wscript method sendkeys”. From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 4:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Can you do this with .CMD? I haven't done something like this for a while, back in the day I did this with ScriptIt. But with VBscript or PowerShell it shouldn't be that difficult. My guess is that it's losing focus of the window after the carriage return. So your method will need to identify the window and the password field. Take a look at this and see if it helps. http://csharpening.net/?p=1008 Christopher Bodnar Enterprise Architect I, Corporate Office of Technology:Enterprise Architecture and Engineering Services Tel 610-807-6459 3900 Burgess Place, Bethlehem, PA 18017 christopher_bod...@glic.commailto: [cid:image001.jpg@01CE3B8D.7CA4B680] The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America www.guardianlife.comhttp://www.guardianlife.com/ From:David Lum david@nwea.orgmailto:david@nwea.org To:NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.commailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Date:04/17/2013 04:25 PM Subject:Can you do this with .CMD? Use a batch file to launch an application and then send two carriage returns to this app? I can do one, but not two. Running the program is asks for username (hitting ENTER it uses a default, which is desired), then when you hit CR it asks for a password. My batch file looks like this: programtorun c:\windows\temp\answerfile.txt Answerfile.txt contains carriage return Password carriage return The app runs but sits and waits for the password, so it’s only processesing the first CR. Surely this is a simple one? Some pipe command? Maybe I should get out my old DOS 5.0 book… Please, no PoSh because I have tons of XP machines that need to run this… David Lum Sr. Systems Engineer // NWEATM Office 503.548.5229 // Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin - This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin inline: image001.jpg
RE: Can you do this with .CMD?
PowerShell would allow you to use Win32 to fake input, to use WPF to fake input, and Windows Forms to fake input. And - same as vbscript - wscript method sendkeys. :) :) :) -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 5:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Can you do this with .CMD? On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 4:23 PM, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote: Use a batch file to launch an application and then send two carriage returns to this app? Well, maybe. The app runs but sits and waits for the password, so it's only processesing the first CR. And let me guess, the password doesn't echo, or maybe shows stars or dots or something, normally? My guess is the app isn't using the standard input/output routines for the password, so redirecting stdin like that doesn't matter for password entry. Otherwise, your current code should work. (Assuming when you say Answerfile.txt contains carriage return, you actually mean a CR+LF, which is what Microsoft uses.) If this is indeed the problem, you'll need something more sophisticated to fake the keystrokes. Back in the old days of DOS, there was a utility called KEYFAKE.EXE that would do that, but I don't expect it would work under 'doze. Maybe something like AutoIt3? Please, no PoSh because I have tons of XP machines that need to run this... If my guess is correct, PoSh will have the same problem. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: PowerShell noob help
Start-Process gives you complete control over executing a separate task.
If you don't need complete control, but just the text output, you don't need to
do anything.
$result = CTXCliOS.exe ^ | find ClientOS
You can make it more PowerShell, if you want, but there isn't much value in
doing so. (If you want to start talking about into making it an Enterprise
Class script, then that changes things dramatically. Ask Web about the things
I've shown him the last year.) :)
From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:06 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: PowerShell noob help
I've got a batch script I've been using for a while to identify the flavour of
client connecting to a XenApp or XenDesktop session. It uses an executable
called CTXCliOS.exe
Basically this is the batch
for /f tokens=2 delims== %%a in ('CTXCliOS.exe ^| find ClientOS') do set
ClientOS=%%a call :SET
goto :eof
:SET
reg add HKCU\Software\Custom /v ClientOS /t REG_SZ /d %ClientOS% /f
goto :eof
I'm sure you get the picture.
What I'm wondering is what format do I use to convert this to PowerShell (which
will avoid having to invoke a separate command script file)? What's the command
to call an outside executable (I can't seem to dig it up, but I am on a network
where just about every helpful site is blocked by the web filter, so don't be
too hard on me, please!)
Thanks in advance,
--
James Rankin
Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS)
http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.ukhttp://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk/
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RE: PowerShell noob help
This should help. msg is just a function that logs all of its arguments to a
text file.
function tmpFileName
{
msg $L_Function
msg tmpFileName: enter
[string] $strFile = ( Join-Path $Env:Temp ( Get-Random ) ) +
.txt
if( ( Test-Path -Path $strFile -PathType Leaf ) )
{
msg Old temporary file was found: $strFile - I
will delete it
rm $strFile -EA 0
if( $? )
{
msg ...file was deleted
}
else
{
msg ...couldn't delete file,
error: $($error[0].ToString())
}
}
msg tmpFileName: exit, filename = $strFile
return $strFile
}
function Get-ExitCodeAndOutput
{
###
### see comments for Get-ExitCode
###
### We are also going to retrieve the standard output from the
legacy application.
###
### This is a PowerShell v2.0 version of Get-ExitCode which
also includes
### the redirection of output and error streams to temporary
files.
###
msg $L_Function
msg Get-ExitCodeAndOutput: enter
$stderrFile = tmpFileName
$stdoutFile = tmpFileName
$exit = -1
$filename, $arguments = $args
msg Get-ExitCodeAndOutput: filename = $filename, arguments =
$arguments
$process = Start-Process -FilePath $filename -Argument
$arguments -NoNewWindow `
-RedirectStandardError $stderrFile
-RedirectStandardOutput $stdoutFile -PassThru
if( $process )
{
msg Get-ExitCodeAndOutput: please wait...
$process.WaitForExit()
$exit = $process.ExitCode
if( $exit -eq $null )
{
msg exit is null
$exit = 0
}
$process.Close()
$process.Dispose()
}
else
{
msg Get-ExitCodeAndOutput: the process did not
start
}
$process = $null
$script:LegacyStdErr = gc $stderrFile -EA 0
$script:LegacyStdOut = gc $stdoutFile -EA 0
rm $stderrFile -EA 0
rm $stdoutFile -EA 0
msg Get-ExitCodeAndOutput: exit, exit = $($exit.ToString())
return $exit
}
From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:54 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: PowerShell noob help
The problem I've got is that I have to call out of the console I am using to
the command script file. If I write the same task in PowerShell, well the
console natively supports it so it's easier for people to use it.
I will have a bash around with that command to grab the output, cheers
On 16 April 2013 16:38, Michael B. Smith
mich...@smithcons.commailto:mich...@smithcons.com wrote:
Start-Process gives you complete control over executing a separate task.
If you don't need complete control, but just the text output, you don't need to
do anything.
$result = CTXCliOS.exe ^ | find ClientOS
You can make it more PowerShell, if you want, but there isn't much value in
doing so. (If you want to start talking about into making it an Enterprise
Class script, then that changes things dramatically. Ask Web about the things
I've shown him the last year.) :)
From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.commailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:06 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: PowerShell noob help
I've got a batch script I've been using for a while to identify the flavour of
client connecting to a XenApp or XenDesktop session. It uses an executable
called CTXCliOS.exe
Basically this is the batch
for /f tokens=2 delims== %%a in ('CTXCliOS.exe ^| find ClientOS') do set
ClientOS=%%a call :SET
goto :eof
:SET
reg add HKCU\Software\Custom /v ClientOS /t REG_SZ /d %ClientOS% /f
goto :eof
I'm sure you get the picture.
What I'm wondering is what format do I use to convert this to PowerShell (which
will avoid having to invoke a separate command script file)? What's the command
to call an outside executable (I can't seem to dig it up, but I am on a network
where just about every helpful site
RE: PowerShell noob help
$result = $clientOS.SubString( 9 )
From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 12:08 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: PowerShell noob help
I've managed to use Select-String to get my output and my variable, it's
splitting the variable up (from something like ClientOS=ThinOS_Wyse down to
just ThinOS_Wyse) that's frying my brain now. I really should take reference
publications kindly provided by people down the years with me onto sites :-(
All fun!
On 16 April 2013 17:00, Ben Scott
mailvor...@gmail.commailto:mailvor...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 11:05 AM, James Rankin
kz2...@googlemail.commailto:kz2...@googlemail.com wrote:
for /f tokens=2 delims== %%a in ('CTXCliOS.exe ^| find ClientOS') do set
ClientOS=%%a call :SET
goto :eof
:SET
reg add HKCU\Software\Custom /v ClientOS /t REG_SZ /d %ClientOS% /f
goto :eof
What I'm wondering is what format do I use to convert this to PowerShell
(which will avoid having to invoke a separate command script file)?
Only work will convert a script to another language. :)
What's the command to call an outside executable
Nominally, just write out the command on a line, same as a batch
file or *nix shell script. However, if the external executable needs
to be quoted (e.g., file name or path contains spaces), you need to
prefix the command line with an ampersand (). Otherwise PowerShell
treats it as a string. Kind of a wart on what's generally a much
cleaner language. You can always specify if you want.
I believe you want something like:
$match = CTXCliOS.exe | Select-String -Pattern 'ClientOS\s+(.+)'
if($match) {
$clientOS = then a miracle occurs
Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Custom' -Name ClientOS -Value
$clientOS
}
I'm having trouble figuring out how to get the regexp capture out of
the $match object returned by Select-String though. Get-Member leads
me to believe I should be able to do something with
$match.Matches[0].Groups
but it seems to descend into some kind of recursive nightmare at that
point that makes me believe I'm missing something more fundamental.
-- Ben
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RE: PowerShell noob help
Those are not simple functions. :)
They log their input, their output, they attempt to recognize and log any
errors, they allow you to run the job in a separate thread (if you want).
From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 12:40 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: PowerShell noob help
Thanks for the pointers
Is it just me getting old or do newer scripting languages always look so much
more complicated at first glance? :-)
Cheers,
JR
On 16 April 2013 17:14, Michael B. Smith
mich...@smithcons.commailto:mich...@smithcons.com wrote:
This should help. msg is just a function that logs all of its arguments to a
text file.
function tmpFileName
{
msg $L_Function
msg tmpFileName: enter
[string] $strFile = ( Join-Path $Env:Temp ( Get-Random ) ) +
.txt
if( ( Test-Path -Path $strFile -PathType Leaf ) )
{
msg Old temporary file was found: $strFile - I
will delete it
rm $strFile -EA 0
if( $? )
{
msg ...file was deleted
}
else
{
msg ...couldn't delete file,
error: $($error[0].ToString())
}
}
msg tmpFileName: exit, filename = $strFile
return $strFile
}
function Get-ExitCodeAndOutput
{
###
### see comments for Get-ExitCode
###
### We are also going to retrieve the standard output from the
legacy application.
###
### This is a PowerShell v2.0 version of Get-ExitCode which
also includes
### the redirection of output and error streams to temporary
files.
###
msg $L_Function
msg Get-ExitCodeAndOutput: enter
$stderrFile = tmpFileName
$stdoutFile = tmpFileName
$exit = -1
$filename, $arguments = $args
msg Get-ExitCodeAndOutput: filename = $filename, arguments =
$arguments
$process = Start-Process -FilePath $filename -Argument
$arguments -NoNewWindow `
-RedirectStandardError $stderrFile
-RedirectStandardOutput $stdoutFile -PassThru
if( $process )
{
msg Get-ExitCodeAndOutput: please wait...
$process.WaitForExit()
$exit = $process.ExitCode
if( $exit -eq $null )
{
msg exit is null
$exit = 0
}
$process.Close()
$process.Dispose()
}
else
{
msg Get-ExitCodeAndOutput: the process did not
start
}
$process = $null
$script:LegacyStdErr = gc $stderrFile -EA 0
$script:LegacyStdOut = gc $stdoutFile -EA 0
rm $stderrFile -EA 0
rm $stdoutFile -EA 0
msg Get-ExitCodeAndOutput: exit, exit = $($exit.ToString())
return $exit
}
From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.commailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:54 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: PowerShell noob help
The problem I've got is that I have to call out of the console I am using to
the command script file. If I write the same task in PowerShell, well the
console natively supports it so it's easier for people to use it.
I will have a bash around with that command to grab the output, cheers
On 16 April 2013 16:38, Michael B. Smith
mich...@smithcons.commailto:mich...@smithcons.com wrote:
Start-Process gives you complete control over executing a separate task.
If you don't need complete control, but just the text output, you don't need to
do anything.
$result = CTXCliOS.exe ^ | find ClientOS
You can make it more PowerShell, if you want, but there isn't much value in
doing so. (If you want to start talking about into making it an Enterprise
Class script, then that changes things dramatically. Ask Web about the things
I've shown him the last year.) :)
From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.commailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:06 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: PowerShell noob help
I've got a batch script I've been using for a while to identify the flavour of
client
RE: PowerShell noob help
...and that is exactly why I have a 'msg' function (and I always had one in vbscript, too). It provides a single point of control for output generation. Based on global variables you can determine whether output is directed to the host (write-host), to a file (out-file), to the pipeline (write-output), to a variable ($array += $output), to a GUI grid (that takes several lines of code), or any combination of the above. Or whatever else you think of. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 12:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: PowerShell noob help On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: This should help. msg is just a function that logs all of its arguments to a text file. Hey... this is kind of a threadjack, but your sample code here makes me think of it. In a PoSh script I'm evolving, I'm using functions to manage program flow. Some of these functions return values, which are captured into variables by the caller. But these functions also want to inform the user of what's going on. *And*, I'd also like to be able to optionally redirect the output of the script as a whole, externally. Is there a good way to do this? Write-Output writes to the main Powershell object pipeline, which for functions, *is* the return value. My in-band return value and my out-of-band messages would get mixed together. Write-Host writes to the console, but cannot be redirected. Start-Transcript doesn't capture the output of external commands, which makes it useless if you use such commands (and this script does). Write-Verbose puts ugly VERBOSE: prefixes in front of everything, and turns it all yellow. (And cannot be redirected in PoSh ver 2. I can upgrade -- was thinking of doing so anyway -- but I haven't got that far yet.) It's not real important to me right now, but I suspect it will be some day, and this seemed like a good time to ask. :-) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Some interesting thoughts about network security
I've had several issues with his thinking in the last couple of years. Don't get me wrong - in his subject area (which I typically think of as VDI/RDS/Citrix) he's a really smart cookie. But he's been veering into the wild blue yonder on other things... -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 3:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Some interesting thoughts about network security On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 5:23 AM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: http://www.brianmadden.com/blogs/brianmadden/archive/2013/04/15/rethin king-network-security-all-your-on-premises-wifi-users-are-actually-quo t-remote-quot-users.aspx -- James Rankin Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk Yeah - he's wrong. --Begin Quote-- I can never allow non-trusted devices on the corporate network You need to redefine your definition of corporate network. Your corporate network is the tight boundary that's around your servers or whatever else you're actually trying to protect. There's no point to protecting your entire user-land network. Just make it the internet and move on. --End Quote-- When I can keep all of the IP and other confidential data to the company off of end user devices (and by this I mean not stored to local non-volatile storage, encrypted or not), I can consider that. In the meantime, the boundary extends well beyond my servers. Kurt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: PowerShell - Dependent parameters
Yes, you caught me. My answer is still true. What you are missing is the DefaultParameterSetName. RTFM. :) Payette, Second Edition, section 8.2. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 6:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: PowerShell - Dependent parameters On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 5:28 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: You do this with parametersets. Caught you skimming. :) See original message below. :) I've tried using parameter sets, and even posted code declaring the parameter set, but I can't get it to do what I want. If can tell PowerShell that one parameter is related to another, but I can't figure out how to tell it one parameter *depends* on another. If that isn't enough of a hint, let me know; and I'll send you some examples. Please. I welcome hints, example code, pointers to FMs to R, sharp strikes with a clue-bat, and/or friendly insults. :-) -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 5:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: PowerShell - Dependent parameters Hey all, Is it possible to tell PowerShell that a parameter should be considered mandatory *if and only if* another parameter is present? Scenario: I've got a script that can optionally send email (Zawinski's Law). If the -mailTo parameter is specified, it sends mail. If that parameter is specified, the -smtpHost parameter also needs to be specified. So -smtpHost should be considered mandatory, but *only* if -mailTo is specified. Otherwise, -smtpHost does not need to be present (and, indeed, is pointless). I figure this should employ Parameter Sets somehow, but I can't get it to DWIM. Simply specifying the two parameters as having the same parameter set doesn't make the one mandatory. If I specify either parameter (or both) as Mandatory=$true, it becomes mandatory *always*, not just when -mailTo is present. I could just test smtpHost explicitly, and abort the script if it's not set, but the PowerShell mindset seems to be that parameters should be described, and then the runtime does all that for you. Maybe it just can't do this. Currently using PowerShell 2.0, on Win 7 and 2008 R2. Here's my Param block, if it helps: [CmdletBinding()] Param( # things to back up [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [string] $include, # disk or network path to backup to [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [string] $backupTo, # directory to put log files in [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [string] $logDir, # email address to mail report to [Parameter(Mandatory=$false,ParameterSetName='mailTo')] [string] $mailTo, # SMTP host used to send email [Parameter(Mandatory=$false,ParameterSetName='mailTo')] [string] $smtpHost, # option, eject media when done [Parameter()] [switch] $eject = $false, ) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: PowerShell - Dependent parameters
Not necessary. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2013 7:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: PowerShell - Dependent parameters On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Jeff Bunting bunting.j...@gmail.com wrote: I think you need sets that aren't disjoint, something like ... makes the base parameter set ambiguous, as it overlaps exactly with the mailTo parameter set. So, if I don't specify -mailTo, PowerShell pukes trying to figure out which parameter set I want ... You could try adding a Position=X to the parameters to deal with the ambiguity; might have to move $eject elsewhere in the parameter order though. So... select the parameter set based on the order in which the parameters are given? Ewww. :-) I like that less than the -noMail idea. :-) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: PowerShell - Dependent parameters
Sorry. I may be an a$$hole, but I have always preferred to give people clues than to give them direct answers. And your solution is very clean. I like it. :) :) :) -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2013 8:15 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: PowerShell - Dependent parameters On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 7:17 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: What you are missing is the DefaultParameterSetName. Ahhh... that did it! Thanks for the clue! Finished code, for those so interested: http://pastebin.com/dQbDDqKN It even treats -mailTo as optional when -smtpHost is present (a valid, albeit useless, scenario). RTFM. :) Payette, Second Edition, section 8.2. My copy of Payette is at work on my desk, and was open during this exercise. This is one of those It's easy to find, if you know the answer situations. :-) Thanks again! -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: PowerShell - Dependent parameters
You do this with parametersets. If that isn't enough of a hint, let me know; and I'll send you some examples. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 5:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: PowerShell - Dependent parameters Hey all, Is it possible to tell PowerShell that a parameter should be considered mandatory *if and only if* another parameter is present? Scenario: I've got a script that can optionally send email (Zawinski's Law). If the -mailTo parameter is specified, it sends mail. If that parameter is specified, the -smtpHost parameter also needs to be specified. So -smtpHost should be considered mandatory, but *only* if -mailTo is specified. Otherwise, -smtpHost does not need to be present (and, indeed, is pointless). I figure this should employ Parameter Sets somehow, but I can't get it to DWIM. Simply specifying the two parameters as having the same parameter set doesn't make the one mandatory. If I specify either parameter (or both) as Mandatory=$true, it becomes mandatory *always*, not just when -mailTo is present. I could just test smtpHost explicitly, and abort the script if it's not set, but the PowerShell mindset seems to be that parameters should be described, and then the runtime does all that for you. Maybe it just can't do this. Currently using PowerShell 2.0, on Win 7 and 2008 R2. Here's my Param block, if it helps: [CmdletBinding()] Param( # things to back up [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [string] $include, # disk or network path to backup to [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [string] $backupTo, # directory to put log files in [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [string] $logDir, # email address to mail report to [Parameter(Mandatory=$false,ParameterSetName='mailTo')] [string] $mailTo, # SMTP host used to send email [Parameter(Mandatory=$false,ParameterSetName='mailTo')] [string] $smtpHost, # option, eject media when done [Parameter()] [switch] $eject = $false, ) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Query help
PowerShell? :) This sounds like a great thing for me on which to write a blog post. I'll do so tonight. To do this efficiently, you have to combine the usage of Exchange and AD cmdlets. The basic process is: Does group already exist? No - create it Yes - remove all members Get list of members to add Add the list of members From: Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife [mailto:joseph.hea...@wildlife.ca.gov] Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 3:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Query help I've recently created a Org_all distribution group. Somehow, I must have not added myself to it, as I didn't get a message from our Director this morning. But, that brought up the thought that I need to make sure everyone is a member of that distribution group. With 3000 users, I don't want to do it manually. Any ideas? Thanks, Joe Heaton Enterprise Server Support CA Department of Fish and Wildlife 1807 13th Street, Suite 201 Sacramento, CA 95811 Desk: (916) 323-1284 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Query help
Do you want error checking? Do you want logging? You know by now - writing an enterprise quality script is a heck of a lot more effort than just putting in the commands that should do the job. :) From: Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com] Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 7:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Query help Can't you do all that with a few lines of dsadd group, dsmod group -c and some dsquery? Just asking. Thanks Webster From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Subject: RE: Query help PowerShell? :) This sounds like a great thing for me on which to write a blog post. I'll do so tonight. To do this efficiently, you have to combine the usage of Exchange and AD cmdlets. The basic process is: Does group already exist? No - create it Yes - remove all members Get list of members to add Add the list of members From: Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife [mailto:joseph.hea...@wildlife.ca.gov] Subject: Query help I've recently created a Org_all distribution group. Somehow, I must have not added myself to it, as I didn't get a message from our Director this morning. But, that brought up the thought that I need to make sure everyone is a member of that distribution group. With 3000 users, I don't want to do it manually. Any ideas? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: AD Simple LDAP authentication question
+1 My question was directed more to the fact that any Authenticated User has pretty much full read-access to AD anyway. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, April 8, 2013 7:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: AD Simple LDAP authentication question On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 4:03 PM, Christopher Bodnar christopher_bod...@glic.com wrote: I know that AD supports both Simple and SASL methods for LDAP binds: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc223499.aspx What I was surprised is that there doesn't seem to be a way to disable the Simple method. It supports SSL/TLS but does not require it. Is that correct? I don't really know, but I do know that our Windows 2008 R2 domain controllers log the event below once a day. I know what's causing it and haven't cared enough to do something about it. The link takes you to a KB article which tells you how to require *signing*. It talks a lot about simple binds but doesn't explicitly say that requiring signing also causes it to reject simple binds, but seems to imply it pretty strongly. Source: ActiveDirectory_DomainService Event ID: 2886 - The security of this directory server can be significantly enhanced by configuring the server to reject SASL (Negotiate, Kerberos, NTLM, or Digest) LDAP binds that do not request signing (integrity verification) and LDAP simple binds that are performed on a cleartext (non-SSL/TLS-encrypted) connection. Even if no clients are using such binds, configuring the server to reject them will improve the security of this server. Some clients may currently be relying on unsigned SASL binds or LDAP simple binds over a non-SSL/TLS connection, and will stop working if this configuration change is made. To assist in identifying these clients, if such binds occur this directory server will log a summary event once every 24 hours indicating how many such binds occurred. You are encouraged to configure those clients to not use such binds. Once no such events are observed for an extended period, it is recommended that you configure the server to reject such binds. For more details and information on how to make this configuration change to the server, please see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=87923. You can enable additional logging to log an event each time a client makes such a bind, including information on which client made the bind. To do so, please raise the setting for the LDAP Interface Events event logging category to level 2 or higher. -- FWIW, YMMV, HTH, HAND, ATT. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: AD Simple LDAP authentication question
Absolutely nothing, unless you've done this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935834 But if that third party application is running in your forest already, it doesn't even need that. From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 9, 2013 10:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: AD Simple LDAP authentication question I'm looking into this: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc778124(v=ws.10).aspx Which I wasn't aware of before. Looks like what I was interested in, but then I read this: This setting does not have any impact on ldap_simple_bind or ldap_simple_bind_s. No Microsoft LDAP clients that are shipped with Windows XP Professional use ldap_simple_bind or ldap_simple_bind_s to talk to a domain controller. So for example if you use LDP to do a simple bind, it will use ldap_simple_bind_s. So what is to stop a 3rd party application from sending a request like that? Christopher Bodnar Enterprise Architect I, Corporate Office of Technology:Enterprise Architecture and Engineering Services Tel 610-807-6459 3900 Burgess Place, Bethlehem, PA 18017 christopher_bod...@glic.commailto: [cid:image001.jpg@01CE350D.D6F15430] The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America www.guardianlife.comhttp://www.guardianlife.com/ From:Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.commailto:mich...@smithcons.com To:NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.commailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Date:04/09/2013 09:58 AM Subject:RE: AD Simple LDAP authentication question +1 My question was directed more to the fact that any Authenticated User has pretty much full read-access to AD anyway. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, April 8, 2013 7:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: AD Simple LDAP authentication question On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 4:03 PM, Christopher Bodnar christopher_bod...@glic.commailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com wrote: I know that AD supports both Simple and SASL methods for LDAP binds: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc223499.aspx What I was surprised is that there doesn't seem to be a way to disable the Simple method. It supports SSL/TLS but does not require it. Is that correct? I don't really know, but I do know that our Windows 2008 R2 domain controllers log the event below once a day. I know what's causing it and haven't cared enough to do something about it. The link takes you to a KB article which tells you how to require *signing*. It talks a lot about simple binds but doesn't explicitly say that requiring signing also causes it to reject simple binds, but seems to imply it pretty strongly. Source: ActiveDirectory_DomainService Event ID: 2886 - The security of this directory server can be significantly enhanced by configuring the server to reject SASL (Negotiate, Kerberos, NTLM, or Digest) LDAP binds that do not request signing (integrity verification) and LDAP simple binds that are performed on a cleartext (non-SSL/TLS-encrypted) connection. Even if no clients are using such binds, configuring the server to reject them will improve the security of this server. Some clients may currently be relying on unsigned SASL binds or LDAP simple binds over a non-SSL/TLS connection, and will stop working if this configuration change is made. To assist in identifying these clients, if such binds occur this directory server will log a summary event once every 24 hours indicating how many such binds occurred. You are encouraged to configure those clients to not use such binds. Once no such events are observed for an extended period, it is recommended that you configure the server to reject such binds. For more details and information on how to make this configuration change to the server, please see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=87923. You can enable additional logging to log an event each time a client makes such a bind, including information on which client made the bind. To do so, please raise the setting for the LDAP Interface Events event logging category to level 2 or higher. -- FWIW, YMMV, HTH, HAND, ATT. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send
RE: AD Simple LDAP authentication question
What benefit do you think there would be to disable it? From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Monday, April 8, 2013 4:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: AD Simple LDAP authentication question I know that AD supports both Simple and SASL methods for LDAP binds: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc223499.aspx What I was surprised is that there doesn't seem to be a way to disable the Simple method. It supports SSL/TLS but does not require it. Is that correct? Christopher Bodnar Enterprise Architect I, Corporate Office of Technology:Enterprise Architecture and Engineering Services Tel 610-807-6459 3900 Burgess Place, Bethlehem, PA 18017 christopher_bod...@glic.commailto: [cid:image001.jpg@01CE3476.28873D20] The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America www.guardianlife.comhttp://www.guardianlife.com/ - This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmininline: image001.jpg
RE: POSH PtH - this is...
+1 PowerShell really didn't add anything here. In every case, psexec or winrm could be used instead. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, April 8, 2013 7:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: POSH PtH - this is... On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 7:06 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: Amusing? Alarming? Both? http://labofapenetrationtester.blogspot.in/2013/04/poshing-the-hashes. html Neither? It seem to boil down to, if you steal credentials, you gain access to what those credentials protect. This should not be a surprise. :-) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Quick Powershell question
The issues generally only appear when you specify other flags. ☺
For v2, what you’ve suggest is the proper way.
From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 10:46 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Quick Powershell question
Powershell 2.0 on Win 7 / 2008 R2
Is there a better way to non-recursively return the contents of just files from
a particular directory than the following:
get-childitem c:\some\directory | where{!$_.PsIsContainer}
?
I only want the file contents of c:\some\directory. If there are
subdirectories, with or without contents, I don't want them or their contents
in the output. I've tested this and it seems to work, but I've seen some
Interweb posts talking about flaky behavior in get-childitem, so I thought I'd
ask.
Thanks,
RS
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RE: How easy is it to crack passwords?
Not to my knowledge. -Original Message- From: Ken Cornetet [mailto:ken.corne...@kimball.com] Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 10:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How easy is it to crack passwords? Speaking of which, is there any way to remove lanman hashes from user objects without changing the password? I think I know the answer, but I hope I'm wrong... -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 9:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: How easy is it to crack passwords? Ridiculously easy, unless the password is quite long... http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/03/how-i-became-a-password-cracker/ By Nate Anderson Ars Technica Mar 24 2013 At the beginning of a sunny Monday morning earlier this month, I had never cracked a password. By the end of the day, I had cracked 8,000. Even though I knew password cracking was easy, I didn't know it was ridiculously easy—well, ridiculously easy once I overcame the urge to bash my laptop with a sledgehammer and finally figured out what I was doing. My journey into the Dark-ish Side began during a chat with our security editor, Dan Goodin, who remarked in an offhand fashion that cracking passwords was approaching entry-level script kiddie stuff. This got me thinking, because—though I understand password cracking conceptually—I can't hack my way out of the proverbial paper bag. I'm the very definition of a script kiddie, someone who needs the simplified and automated tools created by others to mount attacks that he couldn't manage if left to his own devices. Sure, in a moment of poor decision-making in college, I once logged into port 25 of our school's unguarded e-mail server and faked a prank message to another student—but that was the extent of my black hat activities. If cracking passwords were truly a script kiddie activity, I was perfectly placed to test that assertion. It sounded like an interesting challenge. Could I, using only free tools and the resources of the Internet, successfully: Find a set of passwords to crack Find a password cracker Find a set of high-quality wordlists and Get them all running on commodity laptop hardware in order to Successfully crack at least one password In less than a day of work? [...] ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: OT: Career and Social Media
Most of my engagements today come because of social media. ☺ And then repeat business, of course. From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 11:39 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: Career and Social Media My last two jobs have come about because of social media. From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sca...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 11:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: Career and Social Media “With social media you might not have to look for a new job, it might find you” Spot on. Lately I’m always having recruiters and companies reach out to me for hire. I always ask how they find me, and they always say social media or internet presence. I haven’t published my resume anywhere (Heck, hardly even active on LinkedIn and it’s not that up to date. My Facebook is strictly personal – but I do keep a ‘clean’ presence on it). Several great offers have come my way. I take it as a sign the IT hiring is really picking up too. Sam From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 8:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: Career and Social Media In case you haven’t noticed, privacy is becoming history. The current young generation by and large expects to be able to find out where there friends and family are, where they eat and shop, and where they work, and they also have no problems sharing their own information with people. As these people become older and enter the corporate world, they will expect to know quite a bit about you whether or not your resume is any good, and they will likely influence company rules… The added twist is just by having family on social media, your information becomes public “I went to my dad’s 40th birthday party yesterday, not too far from the house he was born in”. Presto, your age, date and place of birth given up in one sentence by someone else. In many ways I see keeping privacy in the same vein as not having a car or a phone. You can do it, but it takes a concerted effort and a specific lifestyle to pull it off. (Oddly, I didn’t have this view until I went to a lunch/seminar that was all about security yesterday!). I’m sure when those first came out there were people who said “who needs such a thing!”. I went without a smartphone longer than many folks, but to be relevant/competitive in my field it became necessary to get one (although I still turn off location services except for the specific times I need them) and I am better off for it as it saves me a lot of time vs. if I were to be without it. Heck cellphones are now being used to inform different service providers traffic densities, average speeds, etc. so their mapping software can tell you how to avoid traffic. Big brother is here, the difference is it’s not like The Truman Show because the participants are also getting the benefits of said information. With social media you might not have to look for a new job, it might find you. I can see in a few years the conversation being “Remember when we had so send resume’s out? How lame!”. That Dilbert is spot-on whether we like it or not. From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 7:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Career and Social Media +1000 I do not have a facebook account, nor any other social media account other than LinkedIn. Work and personal life are as separate as I can make them. Social media is a time stealer and a privacy invader. Kurt On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 5:47 PM, Jon Harris jk.har...@live.commailto:jk.har...@live.com wrote: I am glad I am getting close to the end of my career. I really dislike using things like Facebook for anything more than keeping in touch with family/friends. LinkedIN is about the only social media I use for business. I like to keep the two very separate from each other. Jon From: rodtr...@myitforum.commailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.commailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: OT: Career and Social Media Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:49:52 + I can attest to that. My last two jobs have come because social media. Sent from Microsoft Surface Pro From: Andrew S. Baker Sent: March 21, 2013 6:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: Career and Social Media http://www.dilbert.com/fast/2013-03-21/ This is the new reality, folks. You don't have to embrace it, but to fight it is going to be career limiting . Within 5 years, it will be a major factor in employment... Who knows about you is becoming as important as what you know. -ASB: http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to
RE: Space and Beyond:
When I was a teenager and a ham radio operator we would have fun by tuning into Voyager and other transmissions. It was doable then even with hastily constructed directional antennas. If I remember correctly, the Voyager radio is about 25 watts. With good antennas, that is easily enough for EVM space, except during conjunctions. However, from 11 billion miles away, as SC says, that takes something with the sensitivity of the DSN. From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 12:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Space and Beyond: The S/N ratio is such that you'd need access dishes the size/sensitivity of the Deep Space Network. So the real issue would be hacking the ground-stations to get access to the equipment... unless you have a global array of 30+ meter dishes lying around. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Space_Network -sc From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu] Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 11:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Space and Beyond: Cool. Has me wondering if amateurs could tune in to the broadcasts from Voyager. Also, I'm not sure how much instruction it receives, but it seems like there could be some interesting hacking opportunities. How secure could 35 year old technology be? From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 10:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Space and Beyond: http://articles.latimes.com/2013/mar/20/science/la-sci-voyager-20130321 http://xkcd.com/1189/ Read them in any order :) Hope you enjoy... (Voyager has computers, in case you're wondering) ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBakerhttp://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations Information Security) for the SMB market... ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: OT: Career and Social Media
Uh... ouch. :) -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 1:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Career and Social Media Which just is more evidence for the old point: It's not necessarily what you know, but who you know... --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 09:50:35 -0800 Subject: Re: OT: Career and Social Media Same here... *ASB **http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker* **Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations Information Security) for the SMB market…*** On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.comwrote: Most of my engagements today come because of social media. J ** ** And then repeat business, of course. ** ** *From:* Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] *Sent:* Friday, March 22, 2013 11:39 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: OT: Career and Social Media ** ** My last two jobs have come about because of social media. ** ** ** ** *From:* Sam Cayze [mailto:sca...@gmail.com sca...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Friday, March 22, 2013 11:12 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: OT: Career and Social Media ** ** “With social media you might not have to look for a new job, it might find you” ** ** Spot on. Lately I’m always having recruiters and companies reach out to me for hire. I always ask how they find me, and they always say social media or internet presence. I haven’t published my resume anywhere (Heck, hardly even active on LinkedIn and it’s not that up to date. My Facebook is strictly personal – but I do keep a ‘clean’ presence on it). ** ** Several great offers have come my way. ** ** I take it as a sign the IT hiring is really picking up too. ** ** Sam ** ** ** ** ** ** *From:* David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org david@nwea.org] *Sent:* Friday, March 22, 2013 8:43 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: OT: Career and Social Media ** ** In case you haven’t noticed, privacy is becoming history. The current young generation by and large expects to be able to find out where there friends and family are, where they eat and shop, and where they work, and they also have no problems sharing their own information with people. As these people become older and enter the corporate world, they will expect to know quite a bit about you whether or not your resume is any good, and they will likely influence company rules… ** ** The added twist is just by having family on social media, your information becomes public “I went to my dad’s 40th birthday party yesterday, not too far from the house he was born in”. Presto, your age, date and place of birth given up in one sentence by someone else. ** ** In many ways I see keeping privacy in the same vein as not having a car or a phone. You can do it, but it takes a concerted effort and a specific lifestyle to pull it off. (Oddly, I didn’t have this view until I went to a lunch/seminar that was all about security yesterday!). ** ** I’m sure when those first came out there were people who said “who needs such a thing!”. I went without a smartphone longer than many folks, but to be relevant/competitive in my field it became necessary to get one (although I still turn off location services except for the specific times I need them) and I am better off for it as it saves me a lot of time vs. if I were to be without it. ** ** Heck cellphones are now being used to inform different service providers traffic densities, average speeds, etc. so their mapping software can tell you how to avoid traffic. Big brother is here, the difference is it’s not like The Truman Show because the participants are also getting the benefits of said information. ** ** With social media you might not have to look for a new job, it might find you. I can see in a few years the conversation being “Remember when we had so send resume’s out? How lame!”. ** ** That Dilbert is spot-on whether we like it or not. ** ** *From:* Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com kurt.b...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Thursday, March 21, 2013 7:51 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: OT: Career and Social Media ** ** +1000 I do not have a facebook account, nor any other social media account other than LinkedIn. Work and personal life are as separate as I can make them. Social media is a time stealer and a privacy invader. Kurt On Thu, Mar 21
RE: Internet Census 2012: Port scanning using insecure embedded devices
Indeed (tm). -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 10:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Internet Census 2012: Port scanning using insecure embedded devices On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 5:28 AM, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote: Today's interesting read: http://internetcensus2012.bitbucket.org/paper.html I don't know whether to laugh or cry - that's really clever and really disappointing at the same time. And, it's going to be replicated, with far less benign intent, in about 30 seconds... Kurt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: RT devices?
The Pro is very slick and I've got a hospital client that is testing them. So far, they are very happy with them. I don't think the RT is appropriate in a business environment. Just IMHO. From: Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 8:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: RT devices? Not RT but the project I am on, the IT virtual desktop team is testing the Pro device and they love them. They prefer them to the iPads. I can't provide any specifics as that is not the part of the project I am working on. Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional http://www.CarlWebster.comhttp://www.carlwebster.com/ From: Ryan Finnesey [mailto:r...@finnesey.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 11:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RT devices? I am curious to know if anyone is thinking or has deployed RT devices to their end users. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: RT devices?
I'm very fond of GPOs and full application support. From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 11:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: RT devices? Why is the RT not appropriate for business? From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 11:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: RT devices? The Pro is very slick and I've got a hospital client that is testing them. So far, they are very happy with them. I don't think the RT is appropriate in a business environment. Just IMHO. From: Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 8:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: RT devices? Not RT but the project I am on, the IT virtual desktop team is testing the Pro device and they love them. They prefer them to the iPads. I can't provide any specifics as that is not the part of the project I am working on. Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional http://www.CarlWebster.comhttp://www.carlwebster.com/ From: Ryan Finnesey [mailto:r...@finnesey.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 11:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RT devices? I am curious to know if anyone is thinking or has deployed RT devices to their end users. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: RT devices?
That is not the level of management provided by GPOs. From: Tobie Fysh [mailto:tobie.f...@freebridge.org.uk] Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 12:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: RT devices? They are able to be managed via System Centre/Intune as far as I'm aware. Tobie From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 20 March 2013 15:57 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: RT devices? I'm very fond of GPOs and full application support. From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 11:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: RT devices? Why is the RT not appropriate for business? From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 11:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: RT devices? The Pro is very slick and I've got a hospital client that is testing them. So far, they are very happy with them. I don't think the RT is appropriate in a business environment. Just IMHO. From: Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 8:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: RT devices? Not RT but the project I am on, the IT virtual desktop team is testing the Pro device and they love them. They prefer them to the iPads. I can't provide any specifics as that is not the part of the project I am working on. Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional http://www.CarlWebster.comhttp://www.carlwebster.com/ From: Ryan Finnesey [mailto:r...@finnesey.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 11:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RT devices? I am curious to know if anyone is thinking or has deployed RT devices to their end users. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin This message has been scanned by MimeCast on behalf of Freebridge Community Housing and found to be free of viruses and not SPAM. If you have any concerns about the message contents please contact the ICT ServiceDesk. [Freebridge Community Housing Logo]http://www.freebridge.org.uk [twitter.com/Freebridge]http://twitter.com/Freebridge [Freebridge on Facebook]http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kings-Lynn-United-Kingdom/Freebridge-Community-Housing/192690183387?v=box_3 This e-mail (including any attachments), is confidential and intended only for the use of the addressee(s). It may contain information covered by legal, professional or other privilege. If you are not an addressee, please inform the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Do not copy, use or disclose this e-mail. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error free. The sender does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard copy version. Freebridge Community Housing Ltd is a Charitable Industrial and Provident Society - Reg No IP29744R Registered with the Registered with the Homes Communities Agency - No L4463. VAT Registration Number 860762121 Freebridge Community Housing, Juniper House, Austin Street, Kings Lynn, Norfolk PE30 1DZ This email message has been scanned for viruses by Mimecast. Mimecast delivers a complete managed email solution from a single web based platform. For more information please visit http://www.mimecast.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com
RE: Automate DCDIAG and e-mail results
I have something very similar set up for several clients. It gets more interesting when you start analyzing the results automagically. From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 12:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Automate DCDIAG and e-mail results Are any of you guys doing anything similar to this? http://scriptzilla.blogspot.com/2010/02/automate-dcdiag-on-your-domain.html Would be nice to patch/reboot my DC's and have DCDIAG and REPADMIN run 30 mins later and e-mail the results. This looks like a good base but am curious what others do. David Lum Sr. Systems Engineer // NWEATM Office 503.548.5229 // Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Difference between port forwarding and DMZ
+1 -Original Message- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 2:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Difference between port forwarding and DMZ Put an SSL reverse proxy in the DMZ and tunnel that to the RDS Gateway -Original Message- From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 2:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Difference between port forwarding and DMZ I'll make another sweeping statement here: Don't put any machine in the DMZ that requires membership in your production domain. At that point you don't have a DMZ, you merely have another subnet of your production network, and basically no protection. How does this work, then? RDS Gateway servers need to be domain-joined http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rds/archive/2009/07/31/rd-gateway-deployment-in-a-perimeter-network-firewall-rules.aspx Dave -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 9:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Difference between port forwarding and DMZ On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 8:22 AM, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote: What’s the risk difference between a server in a DMZ (firewalls on each end) and port forwarding from the Internet to a machine inside a network perimeter? Scenario : I have PC’s that use port to talk to a management server, I’m wondering of that server needs to be in the DMZ (with that port opened), or if forwarding that port through is functionally the same thing? David Lum Sr. Systems Engineer // NWEATM Office 503.548.5229 // Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764 Go back to the fundamentals. Why do you have a DMZ - that is, what is the fundamental reason that you have a DMZ? It is to have a place where you can put machines that are untrusted, but to which your production network (and perhaps other untrusted networks) need access. So, if it's untrusted, and you need access, what is the fundamental thing you *DON'T* do? You don't allow untrusted machines unrestricted access to your production network. In particular, you don't allow machines in the DMZ to initiate traffic to the production network. Machines in a DMZ should only respond to requests for traffic from the production network, or if they need to initiate traffic to the production network, that traffic should be strictly limited and throughly examined by a proxy that understands the traffic in question. So: o- Where are the machines located that need access to your management server? o- Does the server initiate any traffic, or is it just the clients? If all of the clients are in the production network, and you have all of them under your control, then putting the management server in the DMZ is not required. If the clients are both in and out of the production network, put the management server in a DMZ and make sure you have a firewall that understands the traffic (an application layer gateway, or proxy). Simple port forwarding doesn't examine the traffic. I'll make another sweeping statement here: Don't put any machine in the DMZ that requires membership in your production domain. At that point you don't have a DMZ, you merely have another subnet of your production network, and basically no protection. It's possible that TMG could act as a proxy for something like this, but I'd be very nervous about it. Kurt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Running Powershell script as scheduled task fails with 0x1
Easier to change a BAT than change something in task scheduler. I'm lazy. -Original Message- From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Friday, March 8, 2013 2:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Running Powershell script as scheduled task fails with 0x1 Really? I run all mine natively with powershell.exe in the task scheduler. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com w - 312.625.1438 | c - 312.731.3132 -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2013 1:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Running Powershell script as scheduled task fails with 0x1 I always wrap powershell in a BAT and schedule the BAT. -Original Message- From: Michael Leone [mailto:oozerd...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2013 2:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Running Powershell script as scheduled task fails with 0x1 Sorry; this is Win 2008 R2. On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 2:30 PM, Michael Leone oozerd...@gmail.com wrote: I can't understand why my script is failing. I can run it from a Powershell prompt (I have to Run as administrator, because the script is deleting some files in a backup directory). But it works perfectly when I do it that way. But when I create a Scheduled Task to do it, it fails with 0x1. I create a Task, tell it to use an account with domain admin privileges. Tell it to run whether the user is logged on or not, and to run with highest privileges The action calls a program (C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe). In Add arguments, I have -Command C:\Scripts\myscript.ps1 And it always fails with 0x1. And I can't figure out why, if it is running as a user with highest privileges and that works interactively, from an elevated PS prompt. What part am I doing wrong? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Running Powershell script as scheduled task fails with 0x1
I'll always be younger than you. -Original Message- From: Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com] Sent: Friday, March 8, 2013 2:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Running Powershell script as scheduled task fails with 0x1 And old! Thanks Webster -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Subject: RE: Running Powershell script as scheduled task fails with 0x1 Easier to change a BAT than change something in task scheduler. I'm lazy. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Semi-OT: Vsphere shutdown
Funny. ☺ From: Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 6, 2013 1:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Semi-OT: Vsphere shutdown In that case, you will need MBS’ site! ☺ Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional http://www.CarlWebster.comhttp://www.carlwebster.com/ From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 1:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Semi-OT: Vsphere shutdown Thanks for the offer, Carl. But wouldn't I want to put it somewhere where it might actually be read? :-) But seriously, thanks for the offer. I'll see if I can find time to put something together. Richard On Mar 6, 2013 7:32 AM, Webster webs...@carlwebster.commailto:webs...@carlwebster.com wrote: I would be happy to post the article on my site. Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional http://www.CarlWebster.com -Original Message- From: Laurence [mailto:laurence.chi...@jalapeno-bs.co.ukmailto:laurence.chi...@jalapeno-bs.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 4:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Semi-OT: Vsphere shutdown Hi Richard good news that the whole thing went well for you have you considered writing this up as a news article, tech article, blog post or case study? about time that we had some good news from the IT industry instead of all the bad stuff about unplanned downtime, hacking etc. plus it would also look good on the CV when it comes to pay rise, new job time!! ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Running Powershell script as scheduled task fails with 0x1
I always wrap powershell in a BAT and schedule the BAT. -Original Message- From: Michael Leone [mailto:oozerd...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2013 2:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Running Powershell script as scheduled task fails with 0x1 Sorry; this is Win 2008 R2. On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 2:30 PM, Michael Leone oozerd...@gmail.com wrote: I can't understand why my script is failing. I can run it from a Powershell prompt (I have to Run as administrator, because the script is deleting some files in a backup directory). But it works perfectly when I do it that way. But when I create a Scheduled Task to do it, it fails with 0x1. I create a Task, tell it to use an account with domain admin privileges. Tell it to run whether the user is logged on or not, and to run with highest privileges The action calls a program (C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe). In Add arguments, I have -Command C:\Scripts\myscript.ps1 And it always fails with 0x1. And I can't figure out why, if it is running as a user with highest privileges and that works interactively, from an elevated PS prompt. What part am I doing wrong? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Powershell advice - matching an AD user to a value in an array
How many users do you have? How many users are in the CSV file?
Approximate, in both cases, is fine.
-Original Message-
From: Michael Leone [mailto:oozerd...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 10:54 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Powershell advice - matching an AD user to a value in an array
So I have this CSV file of names (LastName, FirstName). What I need to
do: find every AD user that is in that CSV file. If they are not there, report
that, too.
So I imported the whole CSV into an array, and use Quest to get all active user
objects:
$AllCSVUsers = @(Import-CSV $InputFileName) $TotCntCSVUsers = $AllCSVUsers.count
$AllUsers = Get-QADUser -SizeLimit 0 | Select LastName,givenName,DisplayName
But I am unclear on how to (easily) search each AD user against the CSV array.
ForEach ($AD_User in $AllUsers)
{
$LastName=$AD_User.LastName
$FirstName=$AD_User.FirstName
- then what? Do loop thru the CSVUsers array, looking for both $LastName and
$FirstName? Can Compare-Object help me here?
I foresee problems, especially if the names don't match exactly, or I have
multiple John Does. But all I have is that CSV file.
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RE: Powershell advice - matching an AD user to a value in an array
Ok, small enough to do a brute force search.
In pseudo-code (I don't use QAD and I didn't test it)
$AllCSVUsers = @(Import-CSV $InputFileName)
$TotCntCSVUsers = $AllCSVUsers.count
foreach( $row in $AllCSVUsers )
{
$user = Get-AdUser -Filter { ( GivenName -eq $row.FirstName )
-and ( Surname -eq $row.LastName ) } -SearchBase dc=contoso,dc=local
-SearchScope Subtree
if( $user )
{
### you found a record for matching firstname and
lastname
}
else
{
### no such record
}
}
-Original Message-
From: Michael Leone [mailto:oozerd...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 11:15 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Powershell advice - matching an AD user to a value in an array
On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 11:05 AM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote:
How many users do you have? How many users are in the CSV file?
Approximate, in both cases, is fine.
CSV users = 1300. AD users = 1100.
What I am most interested in: AD users NOT in CSV file. There will always be
users in CSV file not in AD; that is fine. What I need to know is - who is in
AD that isn't accounted for, in the CSV file.
-Original Message-
From: Michael Leone [mailto:oozerd...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 10:54 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Powershell advice - matching an AD user to a value in an
array
So I have this CSV file of names (LastName, FirstName). What I need to
do: find every AD user that is in that CSV file. If they are not there,
report that, too.
So I imported the whole CSV into an array, and use Quest to get all active
user objects:
$AllCSVUsers = @(Import-CSV $InputFileName) $TotCntCSVUsers =
$AllCSVUsers.count
$AllUsers = Get-QADUser -SizeLimit 0 | Select
LastName,givenName,DisplayName
But I am unclear on how to (easily) search each AD user against the CSV array.
ForEach ($AD_User in $AllUsers)
{
$LastName=$AD_User.LastName
$FirstName=$AD_User.FirstName
- then what? Do loop thru the CSVUsers array, looking for both $LastName and
$FirstName? Can Compare-Object help me here?
I foresee problems, especially if the names don't match exactly, or I have
multiple John Does. But all I have is that CSV file.
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RE: Details of the February 22nd 2013 Windows Azure Storage Disruption
But at the most basic level - it was a human error (as I read it). Someone didn't mark the update package as a critical update. Arguably (and I can see this), because the package had 5 weeks before it was required... From: Tim Evans [mailto:tev...@sparling.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 12:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Details of the February 22nd 2013 Windows Azure Storage Disruption http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsazure/archive/2013/03/01/details-of-the-february-22nd-2013-windows-azure-storage-disruption.aspx It sounds like they had procedures in place to prevent this from happening, but they didn't work. ...Tim ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Ping by name tool
Here is my enterprise ready ping-in-powershell...take out all the log
statements.
function test-ping ([string]$server)
{
[string]$routine = test-ping:
trap
{
# we should only get here if the New-Object
fails.
log $routine Cannot create
System.Net.NetworkInformation.Ping for $server.
return $false
}
$ping = New-Object System.Net.NetworkInformation.Ping
if ($ping)
{
trap
[System.Management.Automation.MethodInvocationException]
{
log $routine Invalid hostname
specified (cannot resolve $server).
return $false
}
for ($i = 0; $i -lt 5; $i++)
{
$rslt = $ping.Send($server)
if ($rslt -and ($rslt.Status
-eq [System.Net.NetworkInformation.IPStatus]::Success))
{
log $routine
Can ping $server. $routine successful on attempt $i.
$ping = $null
return $true
}
sleep -seconds 1
}
$ping = $null
}
log $routine Cannot ping $server. $routine failed after 5
attempts.
return $false
}
From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 1:50 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Ping by name tool
oh hey
http://www.myitforum.com/forums/m172057-print.aspx
4th reply. Looks to be PowerShell v1 stuff but seems to have what you asked
about.
$Computer = remotecomputer.domain.comhttp://remotecomputer.domain.com
if (($Ping = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_PingStatus -Filter
Address='$Computer').StatusCode -eq 0) {
nbtstat -A $Ping.ProtocolAddress
} else { no response to ping }
add a $servers = get-content list.txt and then put the rest in a for loop.
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Steven Peck
sep...@gmail.commailto:sep...@gmail.com wrote:
The BSonPosh module has a ton of stuff similar to this you could use as a
starting point
http://bsonposh.codeplex.com/
Since it's a script module you can open them up and see how they work as well.
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 10:24 AM, David Lum
david@nwea.orgmailto:david@nwea.org wrote:
I'm looking for a ping tool that will ping a text file list of hostnames and
return the reply, IP address and the NetBIOS name. Here's what I currently have
to do:
Get list of machine names from AD, McAfee, or other systems. Ping the name
With the returned IP, do an NBTSTAT -A to check the NetBIOS name to see if it
matches the pinged host name
I have to do this because frequently our VPN'd systems don't have a correct DNS
entry, so some management software gets tripped up.
I could do a search for free ping tools, but figured a query here might save me
time if someone has a tool they do that already meets this requirement.
Advanced IP scanner comes close, but only accepts IP's and not host names as
what to ping.
Ideally the output would be in a CSV format. I'm guessing PowerShell can do
this too?
David Lum
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RE: Lync issue - something I don't quite understand...
Having multiple DGs is wrong. There can only be one default. Windows behavior is non-deterministic when you have specified multiple default gateways. Almost certainly, the interior one needs to be eliminated and replaced by either a routing table or a set of manual routes. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 7:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Lync issue - something I don't quite understand... All, We've got a Lync 2010 infrastructure set up, but it's doing one little thing that I'm not liking. The server has two NICs - each in a different subnet. One is in the same subnet as the rest of our servers. The other is in a subnet that sits between our L3 switch and our firewall - it's not a DMZ. I didn't set this up, but I was told that the intention was to set up the second connection in the DMZ at the appropriate time for external access - that hasn't happened yet, and I wasn't involved in the install, and know little to nothing about Lync. The behavior I'm seeing is that I cannot ping the interface that's on the server subnet at all, including from machines on that subnet (I can't RDP to that IP address either). The name of the Lync server resolves to an IP address, and which one you get depends on the state of DNS - you might get back the one for the server subnet, or you might get back the other address. I can ping the other address just fine. So, where I'm going with this is: Both NICs have default gateways assigned, and in my experience, that's a largish mistake - only one interface should have a DG. I suspect this is causing some other problems that we are seeing as well However, the fellow who set this up swears that if I remove the DG from either NIC, Lync will break. So, do any of you here know enough about Lync to say if having only one DG will break it? Thanks, Kurt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Servers in remote locations
I've recently helped a company build out several branch offices and one to deploy a remote datacenter. We virtualized everything. Absolutely everything. -Original Message- From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:tvanderk...@expl.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 12:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Servers in remote locations I have got a number of servers at remote locations which are currently serving as RODC and file and print servers. It is time to upgrade the hardware that they are running on and I am curious with hypervisors and the technology of today if people think it is of value to replace the existing servers with servers running 2 separate virtual servers: 1 RODC, DNS, DHCP, and 1 file print; or would you run it all as one physical server with all roles installed? The existing servers are 2008R2 and the new ones will be 2012. Ideas? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Installing .net 4.5 redistributable within a ps remoting session
It wants a console host. Your solution of scheduling +1 minute is what I have done. -Original Message- From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 10:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Installing .net 4.5 redistributable within a ps remoting session I am having trouble getting this to work even with the documented silent switches. I can however schedule it for a minute ahead and it installs fine. Other deps like vc2010 install fine, no surprise given the complexity of the .Net installer. Anyone know a workaround, or at least what is significant about the ps environment that the provider instantiates that causes these issues? Thanks! jlc ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Installing .net 4.5 redistributable within a ps remoting session
I wasn't in a rush. I ran another job the next day to see if the install worked. If it didn't, I looked into it. I had very few problems. -Original Message- From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 10:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Installing .net 4.5 redistributable within a ps remoting session It wants a console host. Your solution of scheduling +1 minute is what I have done. Good to know, thanks. If you used a scheduled job, I don't feel so bad:) How thorough were you in handling this, did your use case require further work depending on the success of the .Net install which required you to poll for the status etc? Thanks avian for the info! jlc ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Books about software
It generally helps. But no, the vendor's involvement is not required. -Original Message- From: kz2...@googlemail.com [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 2:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Books about software If you want to write a book about a particular piece of software, am I right in assuming you need to engage the vendor to some degree? I'm a complete newcomer to this sort of thing so any and all advice is gratefully appreciated. TIA, JRR Sent from my Blackberry, which may be an antique but delivers email RELIABLY ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Books about software
No. As long as you do not slander or libel the software in the title. Fair Use the US doctrine. I don't know what it might be called for you. -Original Message- From: kz2...@googlemail.com [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 3:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Books about software If you were using the software name in the book title, do you need some form of permission? --Original Message-- From: Michael B. Smith To: NT System Admin Issues ReplyTo: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Books about software Sent: 20 Feb 2013 19:48 It generally helps. But no, the vendor's involvement is not required. -Original Message- From: kz2...@googlemail.com [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 2:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Books about software If you want to write a book about a particular piece of software, am I right in assuming you need to engage the vendor to some degree? I'm a complete newcomer to this sort of thing so any and all advice is gratefully appreciated. TIA, JRR Sent from my Blackberry, which may be an antique but delivers email RELIABLY ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin Sent from my Blackberry, which may be an antique but delivers email RELIABLY ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Books about software
Sure, if you are willing to try to prove it in court! :) -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 4:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Books about software So no Intelligent Person's Guide To This Mortifyingly Stupid Software? That's totally unfair... :) On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 12:06 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: No. As long as you do not slander or libel the software in the title. Fair Use the US doctrine. I don't know what it might be called for you. -Original Message- From: kz2...@googlemail.com [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 3:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Books about software If you were using the software name in the book title, do you need some form of permission? --Original Message-- From: Michael B. Smith To: NT System Admin Issues ReplyTo: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Books about software Sent: 20 Feb 2013 19:48 It generally helps. But no, the vendor's involvement is not required. -Original Message- From: kz2...@googlemail.com [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 2:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Books about software If you want to write a book about a particular piece of software, am I right in assuming you need to engage the vendor to some degree? I'm a complete newcomer to this sort of thing so any and all advice is gratefully appreciated. TIA, JRR Sent from my Blackberry, which may be an antique but delivers email RELIABLY ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin Sent from my Blackberry, which may be an antique but delivers email RELIABLY ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Slightly OT: RE: Migrate DHCP from 2003 to 2008 R2
ECC is not an intrinsically bad thing. In large environments it is a requirement. Even with ECC, look how human error has caused issues with Microsoft's online services, Google's online services, etc. It could be far worse. However, there is no reason for it to take as long as has been reported in this thread for a typical change. In my large environments, ECC items are classified as to potential impact and have OLAs (Operational Level Agreements) that define how quickly they must be resolved or escalated based on the potential and OLA. This is all part of Operational Maturity (ITIL). And if a company is having issues with this, I will be happy to work with them and assist in the correction of their challenges, all in accordance with ITIL and industry best practices. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 6:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Slightly OT: RE: Migrate DHCP from 2003 to 2008 R2 On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 3:13 PM, Webster webs...@carlwebster.com wrote: And I think the Windows team is now making the network infrastructure team go through change control every time they need something done in DHCP or DNS (payback is hell you know). Now that's funny, but I hope for everyone's sake that that silliness stops soon. Kurt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Slightly OT: RE: Migrate DHCP from 2003 to 2008 R2
Sorry. I have been teaching all day and that tends to make me a bit (just a bit) pedantic. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 8:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Slightly OT: RE: Migrate DHCP from 2003 to 2008 R2 I was definitely commenting on the extremity of the process, and the tit-fot-tat mindset, not change control as such. Kurt On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 4:14 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: ECC is not an intrinsically bad thing. In large environments it is a requirement. Even with ECC, look how human error has caused issues with Microsoft's online services, Google's online services, etc. It could be far worse. However, there is no reason for it to take as long as has been reported in this thread for a typical change. In my large environments, ECC items are classified as to potential impact and have OLAs (Operational Level Agreements) that define how quickly they must be resolved or escalated based on the potential and OLA. This is all part of Operational Maturity (ITIL). And if a company is having issues with this, I will be happy to work with them and assist in the correction of their challenges, all in accordance with ITIL and industry best practices. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 6:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Slightly OT: RE: Migrate DHCP from 2003 to 2008 R2 On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 3:13 PM, Webster webs...@carlwebster.com wrote: And I think the Windows team is now making the network infrastructure team go through change control every time they need something done in DHCP or DNS (payback is hell you know). Now that's funny, but I hope for everyone's sake that that silliness stops soon. Kurt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Tech support call from Microsoft
A little slow - but very funny))) From: Daniel Rodriguez [mailto:drod...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 9:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Tech support call from Microsoft This came across my email the other day. Quite funny as it goes with the original post of this thread. This is NSFW, so please read the article and then play the video. How to Catch a Scammerhttp://www.warp2search.net/news/story/how_to_catch_a_scammer.html Daniel On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 12:04 PM, Steven Peck sep...@gmail.commailto:sep...@gmail.com wrote: So, a current scam in the US is to charge to put something on like AVG Free while root kitting the system. Once that is done they start to 'find problems' and progressively charge you and once you refuse to continue to pay they will try and lock you out of your system. On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 5:14 AM, Shane Mullins tsmulli...@gmail.commailto:tsmulli...@gmail.com wrote: Those thoughts have crossed my mind as well. Scamming is what those guys do for a living, so I guess they either get good, or go hungry. On Feb 12, 2013 7:46 PM, Stefan Jafs stefan.j...@gmail.commailto:stefan.j...@gmail.com wrote: Just got off the phone from a not so computer savvy friend of mine. He had a call from “Microsoft” from WV a technician with a very tick Indian accent, apparently my friends computer was infected and kept sending out spam to a server but the technician assured him that he would fix it, just connect with TeamViewer and he’ll fix it. My friend said to me it must be real because he had called 3 times and even left a phone number! Luckily he got a bit suspicious and called my on his cell, I told him to immediately disconnect the TeamViewer session. I don’t think the technician had enough time to do anything malicious before he was disconnected. I asked my friend to do a system restore from a few days ago. How can people be so gullible? Anything else to look out for? -- Stefan Jafs ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin -- Daniel Rodriguez drod...@gmail.commailto:drod...@gmail.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Server 2012 failover DHCP
I've set it up in the lab, and plan on deploying it at a client in late March. But I don't have a real-world implementation yet. From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 10:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Server 2012 failover DHCP Is anyone running a pair of Server 2012 DHCP servers with a high availability set up? http://blogs.technet.com/b/teamdhcp/archive/2012/06/28/ensuring-high-availability-of-dhcp-using-windows-server-2012-dhcp-failover.aspx We are looking to add some HA to our DHCP configuration, as currently we're not even running an 80/20 setup. David Lum Sr. Systems Engineer // NWEATM Office 503.548.5229 // Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Zultys VOIP?
Click to dial is very common. -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sca...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 1:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Zultys VOIP? Matt, thanks for your input. If you're curious about the click to dial... Our ops team does tons of outbound calling. Numbers are stored in an online database. Users fat finger these into their phones. Time consuming; prone to errors. Want I want is to have our users click the number with their mouse to connect them to that number. Zultys's UC client has the ability to dial a number by selecting the text and hitting a hotkey, say F12. From any app. So, it's not really that fancy or unique imo. Simple, and I think all UC apps should do this by default. Some require the phone number to be prefix with the tel: hyperlink denotation, which is fine as well, as we maintain/design the database and can re-code it. -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 11:47 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Zultus VOIP? Anyone using them? Anyone heard things about them? I've never heard of them. And I have been trying to keep up with various VOIP phone systems of late... We're looking at a rough price of $13K for this. 20 users. Includes phones, switch, 20 install/training hours, hardware, software, etc. Does that seem reasonable for 20 users? That sounds expensive to me, but some of the features you mentioned are unique. (Especillaly the Click to Dial on web pages.) Also I don't know how much of that cost is the installation/training. I've been looking at FortiVoice as a much less expensive solution, recently. Of course, I've been using Shoretel for years, and still recommend them. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sca...@gmail.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:53:41 -0800 Subject: RE: Zultus VOIP? What features are you most interested in? The wonderful feature of low costs and easy implementation :) Some others: *The ability to allow our users to one-click dial from our custom built web database. (Which this will do out of the box). Click on a number and dial. Simple as that. It's amazing how many vendors can't seem to nail this. *Remote handsets that will work over SSL (Some we've looked required a VPN connection on the user's home router - no thanks). *A great UC client. These guys nailed it. The interface is awesome, and binding your DID to any device is easy and intuitive for users. *The main driver here is to replace an ancient PBX. All the main features of a modern phone system will be a bonus for us, which I'm sure will drive up productivity - so we are excited for that as well. After looking at various solutions, these guys seem to meet all our requirements, and have a licensing model we like. (They don't try to tack on a licen$e for every feature. Everything is enabled out of the box). I really like the VAR we are working with currently, which I can't say about all the other solutions we've looked at. They also play well with other hardware vendors and don't have any proprietary requirements. It's also a true SIP system. We're looking at a rough price of $13K for this. 20 users. Includes phones, switch, 20 install/training hours, hardware, software, etc. Does that seem reasonable for 20 users? Sam From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 9:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Zultus VOIP? I haven't, but that's probably not saying much. :) What features are you most interested in? ASB http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations Information Security) for the SMB market. On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 4:08 PM, Sam Cayze sca...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone using them? Anyone heard things about them? Any input appreciated. -Sam http://www.zultys.com/products/voip-business-phone-systems/zultys-mx25 0.php ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that
RE: Backup to cloud?
As Ken pointed out, certain governmental organizations have begun defining exactly what a cloud means to them. The US government now adheres to a specific definition of a cloud. At least, there is a proposed specific definition. From: Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 12:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup to cloud? The Cloud is nothing more than someone else's data center. So yes, that is The Cloud. Thanks Webster From: Guyer, Don [mailto:dgu...@che.org] Subject: RE: Backup to cloud? This is where the term the cloud becomes murky, in my opinion. If I'm sending data over a private circuit to a 3rd party data center, is that really the cloud? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Powershell question
ToString() doesn't work for you? Convert-* don't work for you? I'm a little confused as to what you want to do... From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 7:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Powershell question Hey guys, I have a System.Xml.XmlDocument object I want to convert back to textual representation so I can save it in a variable. The .Save() method allows for a console object, anyone know how to do this for a variable? Thanks! jlc ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: OT: MCM certification
Microsoft loses money on the Exchange MCM classes. I suspect they do for all of the MCM tracks. The fee is to ensure that only serious people apply plus to cover the cost of the labs, meeting rooms, and presentation materials. Big companies need people with big experience. I don't pass the screening criteria for Exchange MCM (I've never done a 750K seat deployment of Exchange). But they've told me they'd let me in as a favor. :) But I can't afford the class, plus the travel, plus the loss of revenue (income) for 3 weeks. I wish I could. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 10:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: MCM certification On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 7:20 AM, Christopher Bodnar christopher_bod...@glic.com wrote: Was reading this yesterday: http://blogs.metcorpconsulting.com/tech/?p=1101 And got to thinking about this again. It still bothers me that the road to this certification is artificially blocked by monetary constraints. I think the certification is difficult enough without adding that as a factor to reduce the overall numbers just to increase the value of this certification. Maybe I'm in the minority, but I know I wont' even consider this certification, just based on the cost. Not that I think I would pass, or that I even think I'm ready for something like this. I don't work for MS and I'm not a consultant. Which from what I've seen are the 2 primary groups of people seeking this certification. My employer would never consider this strictly based on cost and ROI. Anyone else of the same opinion? Or am I way off base here? Chris Uh - do you think it's free to administer these tests? Kurt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: OT: MCM certification
Don't take what I said out of context: Microsoft loses money on the Exchange MCM classes and The fee is to ensure that only serious people apply plus to cover the cost of the labs, meeting rooms, and presentation materials. Neither of the sentences stands alone. Your standard MCT does not teach the MCM certification classes. The engineers who designed and coded the products teach the courses. Senior Product Group Managers who are responsible for major areas of products teach the courses. You get education that is not available at any price from any other place. And it is only available a few times a year because those people have real jobs - creating and supporting products. I once had the pleasure of spending two days in Redmond taking classes on Exchange database theory. The first day of the course was taught by one of the ESE database coders. The second day of the course was taught by the guy primarily responsible for the Exchange database schema (which sits on top of ESE). Those two days could not have been taught by an MCT. The knowledge that was shared was invaluable. The dollars were irrelevant. But if there had been people in the course that didn't even understand B+ trees and how balancing is accomplished - it would've pulled the entire class down. If there had been people who didn't understand MPIO and how it can effect clustering - it would've pulled the entire class down. Again, just my opinion. :) From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 10:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: MCM certification Not sure I agree with that. The fee is to ensure that only serious people apply If you kept everything else the same, all requirements,tests, labs, etc and lowered the cost to say $5K. What do you think would happen? Do you really think there would be a huge glut of paper MCSM/MCM's out there that would be able to pass the exams? I highly doubt that. I think you would just be opening it up to people who are qualified, but can't currently afford the cost. Not that I'm in that category. Wish I was. Again just my opinion. Christopher Bodnar Enterprise Architect I, Corporate Office of Technology:Enterprise Architecture and Engineering Services Tel 610-807-6459 3900 Burgess Place, Bethlehem, PA 18017 christopher_bod...@glic.commailto: [cid:image001.jpg@01CE09DA.AF586750] The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America www.guardianlife.comhttp://www.guardianlife.com/ From:Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.commailto:mich...@smithcons.com To:NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.commailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Date:02/13/2013 10:47 AM Subject:RE: OT: MCM certification Microsoft loses money on the Exchange MCM classes. I suspect they do for all of the MCM tracks. The fee is to ensure that only serious people apply plus to cover the cost of the labs, meeting rooms, and presentation materials. Big companies need people with big experience. I don't pass the screening criteria for Exchange MCM (I've never done a 750K seat deployment of Exchange). But they've told me they'd let me in as a favor. :) But I can't afford the class, plus the travel, plus the loss of revenue (income) for 3 weeks. I wish I could. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 10:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: MCM certification On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 7:20 AM, Christopher Bodnar christopher_bod...@glic.commailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com wrote: Was reading this yesterday: http://blogs.metcorpconsulting.com/tech/?p=1101 And got to thinking about this again. It still bothers me that the road to this certification is artificially blocked by monetary constraints. I think the certification is difficult enough without adding that as a factor to reduce the overall numbers just to increase the value of this certification. Maybe I'm in the minority, but I know I wont' even consider this certification, just based on the cost. Not that I think I would pass, or that I even think I'm ready for something like this. I don't work for MS and I'm not a consultant. Which from what I've seen are the 2 primary groups of people seeking this certification. My employer would never consider this strictly based on cost and ROI. Anyone else of the same opinion? Or am I way off base here? Chris Uh - do you think it's free to administer these tests? Kurt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally
RE: Exchange 2003 to Office 365
You found a cloud provider that offers Public Folders? Which one? From: itli...@imcu.com [mailto:itli...@imcu.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 7:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to Office 365 I have Exchange 2003 standard in a 2008 Active Directory Domain. We are looking to migrate to 2010 this year...but if the Cloud is just as good and Exchange 2010 and economical I am willing to entertain putting my mailboxes on the cloud, along with their public folders. If it is a dumb idea I will continue with my 2010 migration. From: James Hill [mailto:falc...@gmail.com] Posted At: Monday, February 11, 2013 5:08 PM Posted To: itli...@imcu.commailto:itli...@imcu.com Conversation: Exchange 2003 to Office 365 Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to Office 365 That's a very broad question with many answers. Be a little more specific please so we can provide more specific answers. James. From: itli...@imcu.commailto:itli...@imcu.com [mailto:itli...@imcu.com] Sent: Tuesday, 12 February 2013 5:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2003 to Office 365 Is there a benefit to moving to Microsoft's cloud for general users?? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Exchange 2003 to Office 365
Interesting. Pretty limited, but I wasn't aware that any one was doing it. Thanks for the info. From: Rick Berry [mailto:rbe...@elevativenetworks.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 1:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to Office 365 Intermedia does. From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 8:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to Office 365 You found a cloud provider that offers Public Folders? Which one? From: itli...@imcu.commailto:itli...@imcu.com [mailto:itli...@imcu.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 7:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to Office 365 I have Exchange 2003 standard in a 2008 Active Directory Domain. We are looking to migrate to 2010 this year...but if the Cloud is just as good and Exchange 2010 and economical I am willing to entertain putting my mailboxes on the cloud, along with their public folders. If it is a dumb idea I will continue with my 2010 migration. From: James Hill [mailto:falc...@gmail.com] Posted At: Monday, February 11, 2013 5:08 PM Posted To: itli...@imcu.commailto:itli...@imcu.com Conversation: Exchange 2003 to Office 365 Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 to Office 365 That's a very broad question with many answers. Be a little more specific please so we can provide more specific answers. James. From: itli...@imcu.commailto:itli...@imcu.com [mailto:itli...@imcu.com] Sent: Tuesday, 12 February 2013 5:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2003 to Office 365 Is there a benefit to moving to Microsoft's cloud for general users?? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: file limitation error
I don't think there is any meaningful limit. (2**31) - 1 I would guess. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 4:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: file limitation error Um, maybe... If you simply increment with a batchfile using ASCII names for the directories, such as: x:\a x:\b etc., through x:\12345678901234567890 with no subdirectories, I wonder how long before you reach a limit. I haven't run across documentation regarding that. Kurt On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 12:34 PM, AVJO - Vegh Jozef jozef.v...@avjo.sk wrote: You will rather reach the max path length than reaching the max adressable directories on NTFS. Imagine the following: drive x: So path would be x:\a\b\c... Etc. So would be than 260 / 2 - 1 = 129 levels... Jozef On 12.2.2013, at 21:23, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: A directory is just another kind of file. What's the max number of directories in any given directory? By that, I mean only the top-level directories, not counting the subdirectories. It would be interesting to test this with a simple batch file to start creating subdirs in a directory and see if/when it blows up. Kurt On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Chinnery, Paul pa...@mmcwm.com wrote: The path isn't too deep: E:\convert\000\\\ and from that point, other folders are created usually on the order of 00xx. Probably on the order of 2+ million folders right now. At the end, though, it will be 4+ million easily. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 1:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: file limitation error Aside from path length, which others have already mentioned, if you have more than 10k files in a directory things will *really* start to slow down. Whether this will start to generate the errors you're seeing is unknown to me, but I wouldn't be surprised. Just FYI - the Win32 API only supports path lengths of approximately 254 characters (I say approximate because there are some interesting oddities) - this is different than the native Windows API, which allows for much longer path lengths, something on the order of 32768 characters, IIRC. For example, copy.exe and xcopy.exe both use the Win32 API, whereas robocopy.exe uses the Native API, and will copy (and delete) those longer names. Kurt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Here we go again, another Apple screwup
We've already discussed this extensively on the Exchange List. :P Keep up! From: James Hill [mailto:falc...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, February 9, 2013 4:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Here we go again, another Apple screwup No doubt they'll try and blame Microsoft again. http://eightwone.com/2013/02/08/yaii-or-yet-another-iphone-issue/ James ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Passsword Meter
Not so much, actually, as long as you control what you mean by entropy. http://xkcd.com/936/ :) See the response here by Akton: http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/167235/how-can-i-estimate-the-entropy-of-a-password -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 8, 2013 12:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Passsword Meter On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Shauna Hensala she...@msn.com wrote: Try this one from Steve Gibson's site: https://www.grc.com/haystack.htm That one simply deduces the character set and computes permutations, which is not a terribly good measure of password strength. The original one (http://www.passwordmeter.com/) also checks for certain patterns, but it doesn't use a dictionary, which means it's also not a terribly good measure of password strength. In particular, it rates Passw0rd! at 70%. Ideally, password meters should measure entropy, but that's hard to deduce. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Passsword Meter
I think absolute entropy can be easily calculated. Relative entropy - which is a logical as opposed to a physical concept - is much much more difficult. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 8, 2013 2:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Passsword Meter On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: Ideally, password meters should measure entropy, but that's hard to deduce. Not so much, actually, as long as you control what you mean by entropy. http://xkcd.com/936/ :) I *almost* posted that link. See the response here by Akton: http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/167235/how-can-i-estima te-the-entropy-of-a-password That still seems to be mostly concerned with (1) permutations of character sets and (2) dictionary attacks, neither of which directly address entropy. Now, a comprehensive dictionary, combined with a comprehensive set of substitution rules, can at least tell you if your password can be found using such, which is prolly just as good for practical purposes. But to measure password strength derived from entropy, I think you'd need heuristics taking into account things like patterns and frequencies of both letters (spelling) and words (syntax, semantics). Disclaimer: Everything I just wrote could be a TOTAL LIE. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Exchange Server 2013: Not quite ready for the data center - Computerworld
I think that article has made the Exchange team very mad at me. Apparently, not such a big deal when the MVPs blog it and it gets put into Redmond magazine or WindowsIT Pro magazine - but hitting ComputerWorld has caused a lot of angst. From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 7, 2013 12:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Exchange Server 2013: Not quite ready for the data center - Computerworld Hey, MBS What's your take on this article?I haven't touched Exchange 2013 as yet... http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9236531/Exchange_Server_2013_Not_quite_ready_for_the_data_center?taxonomyId=18pageNumber=1 Regards, ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Exchange Server 2013: Not quite ready for the data center - Computerworld
I'm definitely not a mouthpiece. :) I think it'll be fine. But I won't be surprised if I don't get re-awarded this june! From: Patrick Salmon [mailto:psal...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 7, 2013 3:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Exchange Server 2013: Not quite ready for the data center - Computerworld They'll get over it. If you're not afraid to say it when the emperor has no clothes then you become a mouthpiece for the machine. Much of the credibility and value of the MVP role comes from NOT being the mouthpiece. IMNSHO. On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.commailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: But it's good for you, right? I mean, how many CW readers have now heard your name (as an Authority!), where they hadn't before... Should be interesting to monitor the comments on that blog post now, I'm guessing... Kurt On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 11:46 AM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.commailto:mich...@smithcons.com wrote: I think that article has made the Exchange team very mad at me. Apparently, not such a big deal when the MVPs blog it and it gets put into Redmond magazine or WindowsIT Pro magazine - but hitting ComputerWorld has caused a lot of angst. From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.commailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 7, 2013 12:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Exchange Server 2013: Not quite ready for the data center - Computerworld Hey, MBS What's your take on this article?I haven't touched Exchange 2013 as yet... http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9236531/Exchange_Server_2013_Not_quite_ready_for_the_data_center?taxonomyId=18pageNumber=1 Regards, ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Exchange Server 2013: Not quite ready for the data center - Computerworld
What? You didn't read my initial post on January 6? I'm insulted! :) From: Guyer, Don [mailto:dgu...@che.org] Sent: Thursday, February 7, 2013 3:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange Server 2013: Not quite ready for the data center - Computerworld Reading that just reaffirms our decision to go from 2k7 to 2k10 and not 2k13. Regards, Don Guyer Catholic Health East - Information Technology Enterprise Directory Messaging Services 3805 West Chester Pike, Suite 100, Newtown Square, Pa 19073 email: dgu...@che.orgmailto:dgu...@che.org Office: 610.550.3595 | Cell: 610.955.6528 | Fax: 610.271.9440 For immediate assistance, please open a Service Desk ticket or call the helpdesk @ 610-492-3839. [Description: Description: Description: InfoService-Logo240] From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 12:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Exchange Server 2013: Not quite ready for the data center - Computerworld Hey, MBS What's your take on this article?I haven't touched Exchange 2013 as yet... http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9236531/Exchange_Server_2013_Not_quite_ready_for_the_data_center?taxonomyId=18pageNumber=1 Regards, ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any attachments is the property of Catholic Health East and is intended for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). It may contain information that is privileged and confidential. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this message, and reply to the sender regarding the error in a separate email. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmininline: image001.jpg
RE: Exchange Server 2013: Not quite ready for the data center - Computerworld
There are some mitigations coming Real Soon Now. :) -Original Message- From: Miller Bonnie L. [mailto:mille...@mukilteo.wednet.edu] Sent: Thursday, February 7, 2013 4:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange Server 2013: Not quite ready for the data center - Computerworld Oh, he probably will get awarded when he answers all of my Exchange 2013 questions come Spring XO The decision has been made and we're heading down that road. We're still on E2k7 on an old box. Were looking at E2k10 when 13 was announced. At this point, when the updates come out for compatibility, we'll be ordering up our new hardware. Went to a launch training event in November and got the rundown--there is a lot to figure out, but we don't have an extremely complicated environment, so I think we can pull it off. Feels to me like when E2k7 was first out and many things were missing because they hadn't been rewritten yet, but most of it is there in PS if you can find the right cmdlet to run (and assuming it wasn't removed--yikes!). I'm scared. Moving to E2k7 LITERALLY gave me my first gray hairs. -Bonnie -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 12:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Exchange Server 2013: Not quite ready for the data center - Computerworld H If you don't, perhaps we should start a campaign... Kurt On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: I’m definitely not a mouthpiece. J I think it’ll be fine. But I won’t be surprised if I don’t get re-awarded this june! From: Patrick Salmon [mailto:psal...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 7, 2013 3:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Exchange Server 2013: Not quite ready for the data center - Computerworld They'll get over it. If you're not afraid to say it when the emperor has no clothes then you become a mouthpiece for the machine. Much of the credibility and value of the MVP role comes from NOT being the mouthpiece. IMNSHO. On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: But it's good for you, right? I mean, how many CW readers have now heard your name (as an Authority!), where they hadn't before... Should be interesting to monitor the comments on that blog post now, I'm guessing... Kurt On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 11:46 AM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: I think that article has made the Exchange team very mad at me. Apparently, not such a big deal when the MVPs blog it and it gets put into Redmond magazine or WindowsIT Pro magazine – but hitting ComputerWorld has caused a lot of angst. From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 7, 2013 12:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Exchange Server 2013: Not quite ready for the data center - Computerworld Hey, MBS What's your take on this article?I haven't touched Exchange 2013 as yet... http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9236531/Exchange_Server_2013_N ot_quite_ready_for_the_data_center?taxonomyId=18pageNumber=1 Regards, ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http
RE: Exchange Server 2013: Not quite ready for the data center - Computerworld
Tsk tsk tsk From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 7, 2013 7:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Exchange Server 2013: Not quite ready for the data center - Computerworld Funny thing is, I remember him posting that article, and I bookmarked it, but I never got around to reading it. ::shame:: ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBakerhttp://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations Information Security) for the SMB market... On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 2:20 PM, Free, Bob r...@pge.commailto:r...@pge.com wrote: Didn't you get the memo ASB? :) He blogged on that a whole back. Short answer In my personal opinion, Exchange 2013 RTM is not ready for prime time. http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2013/01/06/exchange-server-2013-gotchas.aspx From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.commailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 9:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: [dkim-failure] Exchange Server 2013: Not quite ready for the data center - Computerworld Hey, MBS What's your take on this article?I haven't touched Exchange 2013 as yet... http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9236531/Exchange_Server_2013_Not_quite_ready_for_the_data_center?taxonomyId=18pageNumber=1 Regards, ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin PGE is committed to protecting our customers' privacy. To learn more, please visit http://www.pge.com/about/company/privacy/customer/ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Anyone heard of Meraki?
My company doesn't do hardware (we are a software and services shop), but one of the partner organizations we work with is a Ruckus reseller and the products are very impressive. They installed it in a large soccer stadium that wanted to offer free WiFi to attendees, with about 30,000 active connections at a time. Worked flawlessly, first time out of the box; at less than half the cost of a corresponding Cisco solution. -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 1:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Anyone heard of Meraki? Last year, we did a comparison of Meraki, Ruckus, Aerohive, Aruba and Cisco. Meraki to be very on-par with Aerohive, as they have similar features and are both cloud managed. We figured the math, and if you wanted only a few APs, the cloud-managed solutions where very cost effective. But, as you increased your AP count, the controller based solutions started to make more sense. We ended up choosing Ruckus. Factors in our choice were: Price (When including the year-over-year costs of controllers), wifi range (beamforming, which we find very impressive), AP load (airtime fairness), and ease of use. We are using the Meraki MDM solution for our iPads, as it's free and better than a sharp stick in they eye. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@sfgtrust.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Wed, 06 Feb 2013 06:02:21 -0800 Subject: Anyone heard of Meraki? Anyone heard of or use Meraki wireless? It's part of Cisco, not sure if it is a recent acquisition though. One of our consultants who the IT Director here listens to recommended it. We already have regular Cisco wireless here at HQ and at one of our plants. The other plant is scheduled for wireless this year. http://www.meraki.com/ Cloud managed wireless. There's that overused word again. Comments or thoughts welcome. Tom ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: OT: Guest network security
Colubris is at least one. Thanks for saying that, it jogged my memory. -Original Message- From: kz2...@googlemail.com [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 2:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Guest network security I remember seeing a solution that issued tickets with a network key for guests as they came in. The name defeats me though, sorry Sent from my Blackberry, which may be an antique but delivers email RELIABLY -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2013 11:36:00 To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Reply-To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.comSubject: OT: Guest network security All, Quite some time ago, I set up an unsecured guest VLAN in our network, providing wireless access to all of the sundry devices that staff and visitors carry. I set up a small FreeBSD machine to serve IP addresses via DHCP, and that was dead simple. It is a layer2 VLAN, traversing our backbone, and terminating on our corporate firewall. However, there are now other tenants in our building, and the subnet is getting too much bandwidth and address consumption - the range I set up is completely filled, and the VLAN is consuming about half of our Internet pipe, which is far too much for my comfort. I suspect the other tenants are leeching. What I've read of captive portals seems to indicate that the portal is part of the firewall. I could be wrong about that, though. Regardless, the corporate firewall will not be allowed to be part of this solution. The only other alternative I see right now is to set up a password on the SSID, and have the front desk hand it out to guests, after mailing it to staff, and I'm getting pushback on that from my manager. Does anyone have some ideas I could pursue on this? Thanks, Kurt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Rename 2003 domain
Don't rename the domain. Just Say No. There is no need. Sent from my Windows Phone From: David Mazzaccaro Sent: 2/1/2013 9:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Rename 2003 domain Thx I Just read through that thread. One comment was that you never need to register an internal name on a certificate…. But it doesn’t go into detail as to why. The other bigger headache (which I understand) is to NOT use an internal name that will also be used externally. We only use “company.com” on in the internet. So if we never use “company.NET” on the outside, why couldn’t/shouldn’t I rename the domain to that? Thx From: Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 12:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Rename 2003 domain Go to the archives and read the “SSL and the new no internal names ruling” thread. I think you are going in the wrong direction. Thanks Webster From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonmobility.com] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 9:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Rename 2003 domain I will be upgrading my domain from 2003 to 2008 R2 and Exchange 2003 2010. Apparently E2010 does not like my current domain name “company.town.main” It wants (needs?) a name that can be registered w/ an internet registrar in order to obtain a certificate. So… I will be renaming the domain to “company.net” this weekend. I have already registered the “company.net” name. From what I have read, it is fairly (?) straightforward: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc738208(v=ws.10).aspx Then there are specific Exchange changes: “XDR-fixup” Then it seems EVERY computer needs to reboot twice for them to see the new domain. I do have a script for this and a txt file w/ all the machines in it: for /f %%i in (machines.txt) do shutdown -m \\%%ifile:///\\%25%25i -f -r -t 05 My question is… has anyone here successfully renamed a 2003 domain (especially w/ Exchange 2003 in it)? Care to share your experience and any gotcha’s that came up? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin . ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Rename 2003 domain
To the OP: you already know your domain is broken. Good luck. You are going to need it. From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 5, 2013 1:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Rename 2003 domain To add to Michael's point, this wasn't necessary and probably wasn't the best idea. The consultant obviously messed something up given you had to rejoin clients. The simple fact that the consultant was happy to (and possibly recommended) this domain rename tells me a lot. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.commailto:br...@briandesmond.com w - 312.625.1438 | c - 312.731.3132 From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonmobility.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 5, 2013 9:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Rename 2003 domain We hired a consultant to move us to AD 2008 R2 and E2010. He renamed the domain to company.net this past weekend. We did have to manually rejoin the clients to the new domain (rebooting twice did not make the clients auto-join), but everything appears to be working fine. We have just extended the schema and have our first 2008 R2 domain controller up and running. Anything in particular I should check to verify that all is well? From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 9:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Rename 2003 domain Don't rename the domain. Just Say No. There is no need. Sent from my Windows Phone From: David Mazzaccaro Sent: 2/1/2013 9:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Rename 2003 domain Thx I Just read through that thread. One comment was that you never need to register an internal name on a certificate But it doesn't go into detail as to why. The other bigger headache (which I understand) is to NOT use an internal name that will also be used externally. We only use company.com on in the internet. So if we never use company.NET on the outside, why couldn't/shouldn't I rename the domain to that? Thx From: Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 12:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Rename 2003 domain Go to the archives and read the SSL and the new no internal names ruling thread. I think you are going in the wrong direction. Thanks Webster From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonmobility.com] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 9:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Rename 2003 domain I will be upgrading my domain from 2003 to 2008 R2 and Exchange 2003 2010. Apparently E2010 does not like my current domain name company.town.main It wants (needs?) a name that can be registered w/ an internet registrar in order to obtain a certificate. So... I will be renaming the domain to company.net this weekend. I have already registered the company.net name. From what I have read, it is fairly (?) straightforward: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc738208(v=ws.10).aspx Then there are specific Exchange changes: XDR-fixup Then it seems EVERY computer needs to reboot twice for them to see the new domain. I do have a script for this and a txt file w/ all the machines in it: for /f %%i in (machines.txt) do shutdown -m \\%%ifile:///\\%25%25i -f -r -t 05 My question is... has anyone here successfully renamed a 2003 domain (especially w/ Exchange 2003 in it)? Care to share your experience and any gotcha's that came up? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin . ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin . ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog
RE: Rename 2003 domain
Pffft. You are known world-wide (literally) as the Citrix AD Expert. If there is any name that doesn't belong on that list, it is mine. From: Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 5, 2013 3:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Rename 2003 domain My name doesn't belong in the same sentence as Desmond and MBS. My name should have appeared in subscript! :) Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional http://www.CarlWebster.comhttp://www.carlwebster.com/ From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 1:46 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Rename 2003 domain Wow, Webster Desmond and MBS recommend against it. ...and I thought a couple of SBS swings were high on the things could go horribly wrong scale... From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 10:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Rename 2003 domain To the OP: you already know your domain is broken. Good luck. You are going to need it. From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 5, 2013 1:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Rename 2003 domain To add to Michael's point, this wasn't necessary and probably wasn't the best idea. The consultant obviously messed something up given you had to rejoin clients. The simple fact that the consultant was happy to (and possibly recommended) this domain rename tells me a lot. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.commailto:br...@briandesmond.com w - 312.625.1438 | c - 312.731.3132 From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonmobility.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 5, 2013 9:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Rename 2003 domain We hired a consultant to move us to AD 2008 R2 and E2010. He renamed the domain to company.net this past weekend. We did have to manually rejoin the clients to the new domain (rebooting twice did not make the clients auto-join), but everything appears to be working fine. We have just extended the schema and have our first 2008 R2 domain controller up and running. Anything in particular I should check to verify that all is well? From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 9:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Rename 2003 domain Don't rename the domain. Just Say No. There is no need. Sent from my Windows Phone From: David Mazzaccaro Sent: 2/1/2013 9:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Rename 2003 domain Thx I Just read through that thread. One comment was that you never need to register an internal name on a certificate But it doesn't go into detail as to why. The other bigger headache (which I understand) is to NOT use an internal name that will also be used externally. We only use company.com on in the internet. So if we never use company.NET on the outside, why couldn't/shouldn't I rename the domain to that? Thx From: Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 12:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Rename 2003 domain Go to the archives and read the SSL and the new no internal names ruling thread. I think you are going in the wrong direction. Thanks Webster From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonmobility.com] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 9:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Rename 2003 domain I will be upgrading my domain from 2003 to 2008 R2 and Exchange 2003 2010. Apparently E2010 does not like my current domain name company.town.main It wants (needs?) a name that can be registered w/ an internet registrar in order to obtain a certificate. So... I will be renaming the domain to company.net this weekend. I have already registered the company.net name. From what I have read, it is fairly (?) straightforward: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc738208(v=ws.10).aspx Then there are specific Exchange changes: XDR-fixup Then it seems EVERY computer needs to reboot twice for them to see the new domain. I do have a script for this and a txt file w/ all the machines in it: for /f %%i in (machines.txt) do shutdown -m \\%%ifile:///\\%25%25i -f -r -t 05 My question is... has anyone here successfully renamed a 2003 domain (especially w/ Exchange 2003 in it)? Care to share your experience and any gotcha's that came up? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt
RE: Robocopy reliability
If the network breaks, robocopy breaks. If the hardware breaks, robocopy breaks. I'd like to know one utility whether either of those are NOT true? I don't know of ANYTHING that is more reliable than robocopy. What did he suggest? From: Tigran K [mailto:tigr...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, February 4, 2013 11:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Robocopy reliability Having a discussion with the boss on how we should do something I suggested robocopy. His reply was a strict NO. Reasoning was that it's not reliable. He said I've seen it break. So my question is have you seen it break? Is robocopy any more or less reliable than built in copy? I did point out that robocopy is built in to windows as well at least for Windows7. Didn't seem to help. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Robocopy reliability
There is a switch for that. From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu] Sent: Monday, February 4, 2013 5:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Robocopy reliability Would be tough to verify terabytes of data didn't have any errors ;) From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: Monday, February 4, 2013 1:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Robocopy reliability Yeah I have to agree, never had a problem with Robocopy and the mirror command or any of the switches and done terabytes of data copies with this utility. Z Edward E. Ziots, CISSP, Security +, Network + Security Engineer Lifespan Organization ezi...@lifespan.orgmailto:ezi...@lifespan.org This electronic message and any attachments may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If you are reading this message, but are not the intended recipient, nor an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you are strictly prohibited from copying, printing, forwarding or otherwise disseminating this communication. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender by replying to the message. Then, delete the message from your computer. Thank you. [Description: Description: Lifespan] From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 2:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Robocopy reliability Alluding, but I digress :) I believe he is misinformed. I have *never* seen that. Sounds more like something he heard through a grapevine vs. experienced directly. I'd wager if pressed for details on this opinion he will be short on specifics. Don't trust pneumatic tires, they all leak, I know this because my friend's mother's teacher had a flat once... From: Tigran K [mailto:tigr...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 10:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Robocopy reliability So his reliability comment was directed more toward robocopy utility itself. Eluding to the fact that he's seen robocopy copy files that turned out to be not the same as the original. We're not doing anything complex. We want to copy some files from source control and catch deleted files at the same time. So instead of deleting the entire destination folder and copying new files from source control. I'm saying it's as simple as robocopy /mir and that's it. That way whatever file is removed from source control will get removed on the destination servers as well. On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 9:08 AM, Tom Miller tmil...@sfgtrust.commailto:tmil...@sfgtrust.com wrote: I've used it many times for file migration moves and even for permissions copies. Just this past weekend I migrated a pretty complex old Windows 2008 server shared to Windows 2008 R2 this past weekend. I didn't copy permissions since they were a mess. The only errors I've seen were my own, usually syntax or spelling. What are you trying to do? From: Tigran K [mailto:tigr...@gmail.commailto:tigr...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 11:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Robocopy reliability Having a discussion with the boss on how we should do something I suggested robocopy. His reply was a strict NO. Reasoning was that it's not reliable. He said I've seen it break. So my question is have you seen it break? Is robocopy any more or less reliable than built in copy? I did point out that robocopy is built in to windows as well at least for Windows7. Didn't seem to help. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body:
RE: Robocopy reliability
You are new around here aren't you? :) He's been saying that since at least 1998 or 1999... From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu] Sent: Monday, February 4, 2013 5:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Robocopy reliability And I think I need to trademark your new slogan: There's a bat for that. From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, February 4, 2013 2:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Robocopy reliability Not nearly as flexible. Try to use COPY to copy only the new files of a multi GB/TB share... ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBakerhttp://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations Information Security) for the SMB market... On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 1:49 PM, Tigran K tigr...@gmail.commailto:tigr...@gmail.com wrote: He was saying we should use just plain old copy. -T On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 10:11 AM, Matthew W. Ross mr...@ephrataschools.orgmailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org wrote: I have never had a problem with Robocopy. It did exactly what I told it to do and gave me detailed information on what it did. I could not ask for more from a command line copy utility. I'm sensing that your Boss has a bias, perhaps due to a bad experience he had previously. If so, what does _he_ recommend? Maybe he has some awesome software I've never heard of. (It wouldn't be the first time!) --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@sfgtrust.commailto:tmil...@sfgtrust.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.commailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:08:33 -0800 Subject: RE: Robocopy reliability I've used it many times for file migration moves and even for permissions copies. Just this past weekend I migrated a pretty complex old Windows 2008 server shared to Windows 2008 R2 this past weekend. I didn't copy permissions since they were a mess. The only errors I've seen were my own, usually syntax or spelling. What are you trying to do? From: Tigran K [mailto:tigr...@gmail.commailto:tigr...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 11:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Robocopy reliability Having a discussion with the boss on how we should do something I suggested robocopy. His reply was a strict NO. Reasoning was that it's not reliable. He said I've seen it break. So my question is have you seen it break? Is robocopy any more or less reliable than built in copy? I did point out that robocopy is built in to windows as well at least for Windows7. Didn't seem to help. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
RE: Dumping DHCP to a File
Yes... I've got powershell scripts that post-process this file, but that's where the data has to come from... From: Damien Solodow [mailto:damien.solo...@harrison.edu] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 1:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Dumping DHCP to a File Try netsh dhcp server dump DAMIEN SOLODOW Systems Engineer 317.447.6033 (office) 317.447.6014 (fax) HARRISON COLLEGE From: Guyer, Don [mailto:dgu...@che.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 12:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Dumping DHCP to a File Everyone, I'm looking for a way to dump the DHCP info to a text/CSV file. I know how to export it to a DAT file to move it to another server but, I need to create a spreadsheet with the data because we are moving DHCP management to non-Windows devices. Regards, Don Guyer Catholic Health East - Information Technology Enterprise Directory Messaging Services 3805 West Chester Pike, Suite 100, Newtown Square, Pa 19073 email: dgu...@che.orgmailto:dgu...@che.org Office: 610.550.3595 | Cell: 610.955.6528 | Fax: 610.271.9440 For immediate assistance, please open a Service Desk ticket or call the helpdesk @ 610-492-3839. [Description: Description: Description: InfoService-Logo240] Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any attachments is the property of Catholic Health East and is intended for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). It may contain information that is privileged and confidential. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this message, and reply to the sender regarding the error in a separate email. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmininline: image001.jpg
RE: Favorite VPN solution?
Server 2012 setup is a dream. And it deals much better with IPv4-only solutions. Also any VPN provided as part of RRAS (just RAS in Server 2012) has built-in clients for Windows. This includes PPTP and L2TP VPNs. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 1:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Favorite VPN solution? The DirectAccess solution from Microsoft definitely doesn't require Java. However, at least for Win7, it does require Enterprise or Ultimate - I believe Win8 must be Enterprise as well. For the server, it requires either Server 2008 R2 with UAG, or Server 2012. The 2008 R2 with UAG requires a working PKI for its clients, but the 2012 version only requires a working PKI for Win7 clients. Someday MSFT might not require the Enterprise version of the clients - that would be really outstanding, but I'm not holding my breath... One big limitation of the DirectAccess technology is that it is a pure IPv6 solution. If you have client software that makes explicit calls to the IPv4 stack, and doesn't understand IPv6, you're screwed (Lync 2010 and Shoretel client, I'm looking at you). IME, the 2008 R2/UAG version is tedious and a bit tricky to set up - haven't yet played with the 2012 version. But, other than that, it's a way cool technology - no extra logins required, once the GPOs take effect, you just open your laptop, turn it on, log in as if you were in the office, and you're off to the races, subject to the limitations of your connection speed. I'm glad I turned it up. Kurt On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 10:04 AM, Glen Johnson gjohn...@vhcc.edu wrote: I'm 99 percent sure the MS vpn solution in server 2012 doesn't require java. -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sca...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 12:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Favorite VPN solution? Are there 'clientless' VPN solutions that don't use Java? I don't know much about the new VPN solutions out there. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: on-premises storage application
This is a respectable fit; they are testing it out. Thanks! AppSense DataNow from Mr. Rankin was the closest fit and we are looking at pricing. Thank you all for your suggestions! -Original Message- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:angu...@geoapps.com] Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 5:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: on-premises storage application On 24 Jan 2013 at 19:11, Michael B. Smith wrote: I have a client that wants something like SkyDrive or DropBox - but they want to host it onsite - no cloud storage. They also want the company that produces the application to be in north America or western Europe. I have googled and binged a bit, and I have some options - but I'd prefer some recommendations. Does anyone here have any that they would be willing to share? Thanks! Been meaning to set up one of these for a while: ownCloud | Your Cloud, Your Data, Your Way! https://owncloud.com/ Community (free, no support) edition available: ownCloud.org | Your Cloud, Your Data, Your Way! http://owncloud.org/ The price is right, at least for the community edition. -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 Security Blog: http://geoapps.com/ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: on-premises storage application
Thanks folks. Of the responses, DataNow and ownCloud seem to be very close to the client's needs. I will present those options (neither of which I had come up with on my own!). Thanks to all of you for your responses. From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 2:11 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: on-premises storage application I have a client that wants something like SkyDrive or DropBox - but they want to host it onsite - no cloud storage. They also want the company that produces the application to be in north America or western Europe. I have googled and binged a bit, and I have some options - but I'd prefer some recommendations. Does anyone here have any that they would be willing to share? Thanks! ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: DC's and VM's
Unless you have a fully Hyper-V 3.0 infrastructure and your DCs are all Windows Server 2012. From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 11:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: DC's and VM's Is this still current thinking? Note: Always have at least one DC that is on physical hardware so that failover clusters and other infrastructure can start. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888794 David Lum Sr. Systems Engineer // NWEATM Office 503.548.5229 // Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: DC's and VM's
That is correct (you can have redundant DHCP without splitting the pool in Windows Server 2012). Hyper-V 3.0 also allows you to specify critical VMs that must start first, with X delay before starting other VMs, and allow Hyper-V clusters to come online BEFORE AD starts. From: N Parr [mailto:npar...@mortonind.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 11:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: DC's and VM's Speaking from experience DHCP is also nice to have on physical. Say you have to power the entire facility down for one reason or another, your hosts all have to start up cold. There is no way you will get your guest running DHCP online before all your devices elsewhere on the network are already up and looking for an address. Then the dumber devices will time out after a while and will have to be power cycled again to get their address. From my understanding 2012 also helps this problem since you can have redundant DHCP servers without splitting the pool? From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 10:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: DC's and VM's Unless you have a fully Hyper-V 3.0 infrastructure and your DCs are all Windows Server 2012. From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 11:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: DC's and VM's Is this still current thinking? Note: Always have at least one DC that is on physical hardware so that failover clusters and other infrastructure can start. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888794 David Lum Sr. Systems Engineer // NWEATM Office 503.548.5229 // Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: DC's and VM's
Hyper-V 2.0 does not allow the clusters to initialize without AD. :P From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 12:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: DC's and VM's Hyper-V 2.0 also does this, at least the delay period for each VM. I have DC's always start 120 secs after host start and other VM's 300 secs after that. Server 2012 redundant DHCP...oh NICE! From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 8:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: DC's and VM's That is correct (you can have redundant DHCP without splitting the pool in Windows Server 2012). Hyper-V 3.0 also allows you to specify critical VMs that must start first, with X delay before starting other VMs, and allow Hyper-V clusters to come online BEFORE AD starts. From: N Parr [mailto:npar...@mortonind.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 11:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: DC's and VM's Speaking from experience DHCP is also nice to have on physical. Say you have to power the entire facility down for one reason or another, your hosts all have to start up cold. There is no way you will get your guest running DHCP online before all your devices elsewhere on the network are already up and looking for an address. Then the dumber devices will time out after a while and will have to be power cycled again to get their address. From my understanding 2012 also helps this problem since you can have redundant DHCP servers without splitting the pool? From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 10:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: DC's and VM's Unless you have a fully Hyper-V 3.0 infrastructure and your DCs are all Windows Server 2012. From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 11:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: DC's and VM's Is this still current thinking? Note: Always have at least one DC that is on physical hardware so that failover clusters and other infrastructure can start. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888794 David Lum Sr. Systems Engineer // NWEATM Office 503.548.5229 // Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: FoxIT reader vulnerability
I learned Forth when I was 17, in 1980. It blew my mind. Before that, I knew WATFOR, UCSD Pascal, 6502 assembler, and 8008 assembler. Forth's RPN and its low-level power made me feel as if I could do anything! :) -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 7:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: FoxIT reader vulnerability On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 6:29 PM, Matthew W. Ross mr...@ephrataschools.org wrote: Doesn't Adobe (and possibly other PDF viewers) include PDF rendering with javascript now? I just want a dumb .pdf reader. Is it just me? The real irony here is that Adobe originally created PDF to be a safe version of PostScript[1] -- basically disabling the capabilities beyond what's needed to display static content on a page. Those who don't learn from history... -- Ben [1] PostScript can do all sorts of things, including file I/O. Someone implemented a web server in PostScript. PostScript: A Forth generation language... Kurt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Trying to get a .PFX file from a .CER file in Windows 2008
That generally means the private key is missing. -Original Message- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 2:15 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Trying to get a .PFX file from a .CER file in Windows 2008 Created a Certficate file from a Base 64 Certificate request on our CA, and imported the certificate via Certificates Snapin. Now the vendor needs the certificate in .PFX format. I got to the Certificates snapin in the personal folder and click on export but the PFX version is grayed out. I did create it with a template that specified it to be exported with encryption. Still no luck. I have been google searching and winding up empty, different things ask to try and none work. Anyone got a clue on this? Z Edward E. Ziots, CISSP, Security +, Network + Security Engineer Lifespan Organization ezi...@lifespan.org -Original Message- From: Steve Kradel [mailto:skra...@zetetic.net] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 12:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Max Password Age Yep - the workaround to a flood of angry users who suddenly can't do non-interactive logins would be to identify folks in the ~50-90 day window ahead of time, and set their pwdLastSet to 0 and then to -1, which has the effect of setting pwdLastSet to the current time. --Steve On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 10:50 AM, Miller Bonnie L. mille...@mukilteo.wednet.edu wrote: Everyone in the 60-89 day window will expire as soon as the policy takes effect. -Bonnie From: Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife [mailto:joseph.hea...@wildlife.ca.gov] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 7:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Max Password Age If my policy currently is 90 days, and I then shorten that to 60 days, does the clock reset to 0, or will everyone that's in the 60-89 day window going to have expired passwords? Thanks, Joe Heaton Enterprise Server Support CA Department of Fish and Wildlife 1807 13th Street, Suite 201 Sacramento, CA 95811 Desk: (916) 557-3422 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
