RE: [ActiveDir] Home Directories

2005-05-27 Thread Al Mulnick
Debbie, what process did you use to move the files? Just cut/paste? Or some other method? Effective permissions? Are there others we should be aware of? Can you detail the exact process you used to configure and the exact permissions that are set? Give us a sense of the scope of the

RE: [ActiveDir] deleting specific values from multi-val attribute

2005-05-27 Thread Sakari Kouti
Hi Mark, You would use a line such as the following: Const ADS_PROPERTY_DELETE = 4 Call objUser.PutEx(ADS_PROPERTY_DELETE, “otherHomePhone”, _ Array(“111-”,”444-”)) This would delete the two numbers specified (111- and 444-). Yours, Sakari From: [EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] Home Directories

2005-05-27 Thread Marcus.Oh
Sorry. Please don't perceive my earlier post as disrespecting your opinion. Simply typing in brevity. :) At any rate, I read it as a user end permission error, not as a copy process failure. :m:dsm:cci:mvp -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

RE: [ActiveDir] Home Directories

2005-05-27 Thread Marcus.Oh
Title: RE: [ActiveDir] Home Directories Agreed Im still a little fuzzy on the details since Debbie had responded that both share level and file level permission on the home directory is change and follows up with domain users have read permission to the home share. Debbie, can you

RE: [ActiveDir] Prevent certain users being added to a group

2005-05-27 Thread Steve Rochford
Easier to just get the logic of the web page to check the status of the person being denied access - pseudocode something like this: if not ingroup("staff",sUserName) then denyaccess sUserName else "you can't remove " sUsername " from net access" end if Steve From: [EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] deleting specific values from multi-val attribute

2005-05-27 Thread deji
This may give you a lead. http://www.readymaids.com/Portals/1/Remove%20Orphaned%20SMTP%20Addresses%20-R US-helper%20.txt Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Directory Services www.readymaids.com - we know IT www.akomolafe.com Do you now realize that Today is the

RE: [ActiveDir] Home Directories

2005-05-27 Thread Ellis, Debbie
I appreciate all the feedback. I had to end up giving domain users change access on the top level Home share folder. (On both file and share) I removed domain users from the individual home directory/folders. The problem I have with the solution is that won't users be able to create folders in

RE: [ActiveDir] deleting specific values from multi-val attribute

2005-05-27 Thread Creamer, Mark
Thanks Sakari ( Dèjì). That's how I set it up and it worked fine. I appreciate the pointers, as always. mc From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sakari Kouti Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 8:11 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org

RE: [ActiveDir] Joining workstation to domain over vpn(again)

2005-05-27 Thread Kern, Tom
Running nbtstat -an gets me this- Failed to access NetBT driver -- NetBT may not be loaded Also, even though netbios over tcp/ip is enabled in the nic and vpn properties, it still shows up as disabled when doing an ipconfig How can I load this? I reset tcp/ip via netsh, but that did nothing.

RE: [ActiveDir] Joining workstation to domain over vpn(again)

2005-05-27 Thread Charlie Kaiser
Tom; I assume you've seen this and verified perms? http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=888373 ** Charlie Kaiser MCSE, CCNA Systems Engineer Essex Credit / Brickwalk 510 595 5083 ** -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] Home Directories

2005-05-27 Thread Marcus.Oh
Now that your share-level permissions are correct, you need to add the individual user to their respective home folder and grant modify permissions (ntfs). That should give them change access to their files. :m:dsm:cci:mvp -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] Home Directories

2005-05-27 Thread Ellis, Debbie
But it also allows then to create new folders under the top level Home share. Is there a way around that? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 10:40 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE:

RE: [ActiveDir] Home Directories

2005-05-27 Thread Marcus.Oh
Yes, make sure that the top level home folder that your share is pointing to does not have rights for those users to make changes. They should only have rights at their individual folder. For instance: Share Level Perms \\server\home1 is your home folder share which has the following perms:

[ActiveDir] permissions needed to remove child domain controller in a different site?

2005-05-27 Thread Thommes, Michael M.
Hi, Child domain admins reported that they could not successfully dcpromo out a child domain DC that was located in a different site from the other two child DCs without authenticating as a root domain admin during the process. I know that the root domain admin must be involved when the last

[ActiveDir] Error in PDC Operations Master

2005-05-27 Thread Matt Brown
Hi, My PDC just started acting up and is showing an error in the PDC box under Operations Master. The only recent change that I can think of to the server was I uninstalled re-installed the Certificate Authority 3 or 4 times, which was installed on the PDC. Thanks, -- Matt Brown [ SELECT *

RE: [ActiveDir] Home Directories

2005-05-27 Thread Dan Holme
The best practice permissions for the ROOT SHARE (for home directories, roaming profiles folder redirection) are listed below. There is a lot of confusion about these perms, b/c there are inconsistencies in MS doc. I've tested these to make sure they work and (as you'll see) they're pretty well

RE: [ActiveDir] Joining workstation to domain over vpn(again)

2005-05-27 Thread Kern, Tom
Thanks. yeah, i've seen it. It doesn't apply as I'm logged in as local admin when i type that command or try to join the domain. Any other ideas? thanks again Charlie Kaiser wrote: Tom; I assume you've seen this and verified perms? http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=888373

RE: [ActiveDir] Joining workstation to domain over vpn(again)

2005-05-27 Thread Medeiros, Jose
Here are my ideas: 1. Tell your user to bring in his system and see if you can join while it is on your lan. 2. Open a support call with Micrososft Premier Support and see if they can help you solve the problem. 3. Reimage the system.. you allready stated that other systems did not have a

RE: [ActiveDir] Home Directories

2005-05-27 Thread Ellis, Debbie
This did it. Thanks -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 11:00 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Home Directories Yes, make sure that the top level home folder that your

RE: [ActiveDir] Joining workstation to domain over vpn(again)

2005-05-27 Thread Kern, Tom
I guess you want me to stop posting about this issue :) so i will, after responding. 1. The pc is in Florida. I'm in NYC. I'm not going to Florida for a pc. Hell, I wouldn't go to Florida for anything. 2.We don't have or pay for support with MS and I'm not gonna open one up for one laptop.

RE: [ActiveDir] permissions needed to remove child domain controller in a different site?

2005-05-27 Thread Thommes, Michael M.
Nope. I specifically asked them about this. Mike Thommes -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean Wells Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 10:34 AM To: Send - AD mailing list Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] permissions needed to remove child domain

RE: [ActiveDir] Joining workstation to domain over vpn(again)

2005-05-27 Thread Medeiros, Jose
Hi Tom, I am sorry if I appear to not sound sympathetic to your issue. I can understand your feelings about you not going to Florida for any thing, I feel the same way ( Although I would not mind visiting Disney World, but we both know that when you travel for business you can't even have a

RE: [ActiveDir] Error in PDC Operations Master

2005-05-27 Thread Dean Wells
What does the machine question report within its event log? -- Dean Wells MSEtechnology * Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://msetechnology.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Brown Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 11:32 AM To:

RE: [ActiveDir] permissions needed to remove child domain controller in a different site?

2005-05-27 Thread Dean Wells
Could you obtain the precise error/logs and paste. -- Dean Wells MSEtechnology * Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://msetechnology.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thommes, Michael M. Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 11:44 AM To:

RE: [ActiveDir] SFU and ADUC

2005-05-27 Thread Alex Fontana
Perfect. Thanks. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Douglas M. Long Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 9:19 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] SFU and ADUC You just need to register the nisprop.dll DLL on the XP workstation.

[ActiveDir] Catch all DNS record

2005-05-27 Thread Mike Newell
Hey, My company has recently purchased the same domain that our internal domain is named so Im having to setup DNS to manage both. Not a big deal but Im being asked to add a DNS record *.internaldomain.com that will point to a public web server and Im not sure if this will negatively

RE: [ActiveDir] Error in PDC Operations Master

2005-05-27 Thread Matt Brown
Well, I have quite a few weird things going on. Roles: (both DCs in same site) DC2 = PDC role, RID pool manager DC1 = Infrastructure owner, schema owner, domain role owner When I look at the Operations Masters... - from DC1 It shows ERROR for RID PDC, shows DC1 in Infrastructure - from DC2

RE: [ActiveDir] Error in PDC Operations Master

2005-05-27 Thread Dean Wells
It seems the FSMO errors you're receiving are merely symptoms of another more significant problem; my guess is that your DCs have been ignoring one another for quite some time, i.e. - not replicating. Before proceeding, can you give me some more info. - 1. Number of DCs/Domain/Sites 2. OS

[ActiveDir] lastlogontimestamp

2005-05-27 Thread Smith, Robin
Hi. Our domain is at the Windows 2003 server functional level. I have registered acctinfo.dll from the 2003 resource kit and have the Additional Account Info tab in ADUC. I am finding a big discrepancy between the lastlogontimestamp date on the Additional Account Info tab and the actual

RE: [ActiveDir] Catch all DNS record

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

RE: [ActiveDir] lastlogontimestamp

2005-05-27 Thread Gould, Andrew D.
Title: Message I have seen the same discrepancy. There is a newer dll (acctinfo2.dll) available now. I don't know if it rectifies this particular issue, but it does allow the Additional Account Info tab to appear ina users properties that was returned as a result of a query. Andrew Gould

RE: [ActiveDir] lastlogontimestamp

2005-05-27 Thread freddy_hartono
Title: Message Hi Andrew Where can I get the acctinfo2.dll? Would be nice to have J Thank you and have a splendid day! Kind Regards, Freddy Hartono Windows Administrator (ADSM/NT Security) Spherion Technology Group, Singapore For Agilent Technologies E-mail: [EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] Error in PDC Operations Master

2005-05-27 Thread Matt Brown
1. Number of DCs/Domain/Sites 3 Sites - Site A has DC1 DC2 - Site B DC3 - Site C DC4 2. OS version of DCs - All DCs are running Windows 2003 Server Standard 3. Are the remaining DCs replicating successfully? - According to DC diag they all

RE: [ActiveDir] lastlogontimestamp

2005-05-27 Thread Free, Bob
Where can I get the acctinfo2.dll? On someone here's suggestion, I just asked our TAM for it and an engineer sent it to me. Excerpt from instructions- One of the most common problems reported with the original version of ACCTINFO.DLL, was the fact that it didn't appear as an option when users

RE: [ActiveDir] Error in PDC Operations Master

2005-05-27 Thread Dean Wells
That's what I expected. Choice 1 - Mod. the registry and permit the errant DC to re-enter the replication topology (not recommended) Choice 2 - Forcibly demote the errant DC, cleanup its metadata and reintroduce it through DCpromo Caveats - Choice 1: lingering objects may exist Choice 2:

RE: [ActiveDir] lastlogontimestamp

2005-05-27 Thread joe
Split the difference, grab adfind from www.joeware.net in the free windows tools section and see what it decodes the values to. I can't speak to acctinfo dll as I never used it. _vbscript_ decoding of int8 values is often troublesome, it is possible the code below isn't doing a very accurate

[ActiveDir] Security settings not Inheriting

2005-05-27 Thread chris . ryan
All, I am attempting to delegate full control of one OU to a particular group of Admins. I have run the Delegation Wizard, selected the group, customized a task to delegate permissions to the folder, all existing objects in the folder and the creation of new objects and then selected

RE: [ActiveDir] lastlogontimestamp-

2005-05-27 Thread Medeiros, Jose
Hi Joe, Quick question, I have always just used the NET USER /DOM (username ) at a command prompt which gives me the following output: C:\Documents and Settings\jmedeirosnet user /dom jmedeiros The request will be processed at a domain controller for domain

RE: [ActiveDir] Security settings not Inheriting

2005-05-27 Thread Tony Murray
Sounds like it could be the AdminSDHolder. Have a look at the following articles. http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=232199 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;817433 Tony -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] lastlogontimestamp-

2005-05-27 Thread Kern, Tom
I thought that net user /dom queries lastlogon, which is not rep'ed, not lastlogontimestamp? Also, lastlogontimestamp is only updated if it changed a week or more ago. so it could always be a week off.. Medeiros, Jose wrote: Hi Joe, Quick question, I have always just used the NET USER /DOM

RE: [ActiveDir] Error in PDC Operations Master

2005-05-27 Thread Matt Brown
Because I believe my errant DC to by my PDC will that be a problem demoting it and then re-introducing it to the domain? Here is a screen shot of my Operations Masters... http://www.mjbdesignz.com/temp/OM.htm Thanks, -- Matt Brown [ SELECT * FROM IT WHERE EyeContact=True ] Information

RE: [ActiveDir] lastlogontimestamp-

2005-05-27 Thread Al Mulnick
Part of the problem I see with your output below is that it doesn't show which domain controller you last logged on to. While that's not a problem if you have only one DC in your forest, it can be if you have more than that. LastLogon is not replicated. LastLogonTimeStamp is and as such you

RE: [ActiveDir] Error in PDC Operations Master

2005-05-27 Thread Robert Williams \(RRE\)
When you are complete with the /forceremoval of this errant DC and have performed the metadata cleanup on one of the other DC's, you should be able to seize the PDC Emulator role using the GUI or NTDSUtil. After that's all done, just ensure that the changes have replicated around...then you can

RE: [ActiveDir] Error in PDC Operations Master

2005-05-27 Thread Dean Wells
Yes, but a fleeting one in most cases. You'll need to seize the roles assigned to the errant DC. In terms of who owns the roles, you are only interested in the perspective of the other DCs. The PDC FSMO serves many purposes and is indeed an important DC but even it can tolerate downtime. --

RE: [ActiveDir] lastlogontimestamp-

2005-05-27 Thread Medeiros, Jose
Hi Al, Thank you for taking the time to reply, and I very much appreacite your effort on researching this. You know that I recall using USRSTAT on a NT4 Domain and it would show the Domain Controller that actually authenticated the user account, however it does not seem to display this output

RE: [ActiveDir] lastlogontimestamp-

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

RE: [ActiveDir] lastlogontimestamp-

2005-05-27 Thread David Adner
In 2003 RTM lastLogonTimeStamp gets updated during Kerberos authentications and interactive NTLM authentications. Remote NTLM auths do not cause it to be updated. There was talk to get this changed in SP1. -Original Message- To make matters worse, there is a fix out there somewhere

RE: [ActiveDir] lastlogontimestamp-

2005-05-27 Thread Medeiros, Jose
That explains the change. Thank you for sharing this. Jose :-) - -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 2:26 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE:

RE: [ActiveDir] lastlogontimestamp-

2005-05-27 Thread Ayers, Diane
In NT4, all updates go up to the PDC. This is why you will get a true last login report Not that my small wattage can hold a candle to the brain power for the others on the list but isn't this incorrect? IIRC, under NT 4.0 the last logon went to the authenticating DC. That is why you had to

RE: [ActiveDir] lastlogontimestamp-

2005-05-27 Thread joe
Yes, I agree with you, it is incorrect. BDC's weren't entirely read only, non-replicating attributes such as last logon, bad password count, etc were written locally and yes you had to query all DCs to get an accurate accounting of what happened. If this were the architecture of NT4, the PDC

RE: [ActiveDir] lastlogontimestamp-

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

RE: [ActiveDir] Catch all DNS record

2005-05-27 Thread Mike Newell
Thanks Deji, Awesome, thanks for the reply. Everything makes sense except the part about query for domain other than my innternal domain, will resolve to the Wildcard. I thought that MS (NT 4.0 and later I think) will put a . at the end of each unqualified multi label query. Also, I was under

[ActiveDir] Fredrik Dahl/GIS/CSC is out of the office.

2005-05-27 Thread Fredrik Dahl
I will be Out of the Office Start Date: 2005-05-27. End Date: 2006-01-01. Hej, Jag har slutat hos CSC. Du kan nå min chef Henrik Staberg på [EMAIL PROTECTED] Min nya e-postadress är [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED] inom kort). Mvh Fredrik List info :