RE: [ActiveDir] exporting group membership

2005-11-26 Thread Frank Abagnale
sorry, when I use the csvde command with it's parameters, it exports the data to CSV.When I open the CSV file, I get the member information listed as:CN=Frank Abagnale,OU=UserAccounts,DC=,DC=intara,DC=com;CN=Mike Richards,OU=UserAccounts,DC=intara,DC=com in one cell.How can I list

RE: [ActiveDir] Query out all user members in nested groups

2005-11-26 Thread Aaron Seet
I apologize for leaving out crucial information. I am trying to enchance (less-than-optimal) .NET code, so this involves the use of DirectorySearcher and SearchResult classes in the System.DirectoryServices namespace. The current implementation takes the top-level group name and searches for it,

RE: [ActiveDir] Query out all user members in nested groups

2005-11-26 Thread joe
My response is assuming that you are using the old DirectoryServices stuff and not the newer 2.0 DS.Protocols stuff. With that caveat, most DS .NET code is less than optimal as it relies on ADSI which is in itself less than optimal. Group enumeration is great because it uses multiple queries to

RE: [ActiveDir] exporting group membership

2005-11-26 Thread joe
The group membership comes back as DNs. A single subtree scope LDAP command isn't going to resolve that to display names or samaccountnames, etc. There is something special you can do if writing LDAP API code (or S.DS.Protocols). See response I gave just prior to this one. The output

RE: [ActiveDir] Server Disappeared

2005-11-26 Thread joe
That sounds goofy that you needed a new MAC address. However if that is what they said, no use arguing with the rain. You just get wet. You don't need to swap the physical hardware around, most desktop/server NICs allow you to specify what MAC address they are. Just change that. -Original

RE: [ActiveDir] Forest Trusts Accessing Resources

2005-11-26 Thread joe
Title: Message This is typically done in very security sensitive environments, however, is a pain if you need to grant access to a lot of users from the trusted forest. That is what scripts and command line tools are for. :o) I am 100% behind not nesting groups from other domains into

RE: [ActiveDir] Query out all user members in nested groups

2005-11-26 Thread joe
Unfortunately it won't expand groups, it goes the other way, finds all (or most all) memberships a user has. I have a couple of scripts that do this but nothing I can share publicly as they were written for customers. I keep meaning to write a tool to do it. I really want to write it though to do

RE: [ActiveDir] Quest Migration manager(OT)

2005-11-26 Thread joe
Overall I wasn't thrilled about everything being named Active Directory this or that. There was and is still is more than enough confusion with ADSI and whether or not you can use it for non-AD environments. It is entirely marketing driven. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] Connecting the test environment to the production - what is your opinion?

2005-11-26 Thread joe
If the applications are important enough to be tested, get them into your test environment. There are times other than domain upgrades, etc that they will need to be tested as well. Running test against production data is insane and asking for problems. If I were a manager of someone who did

RE: [ActiveDir] Removing foreign accounts

2005-11-26 Thread joe
To expand a little... An FSP is ONLY needed if you are referencing an object from a foreign domain in an attribute that takes DNs like themember attribute. You have to use a valid DN. The creation of an FSP gives a valid DN to be used. Completely agree with the SID cleanup Guido mentions.

RE: [ActiveDir] Outlook installed on a DC

2005-11-26 Thread joe
Your manager is a soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organ. Every new piece of software added to any machine is new possible threat vector. DCs are the bastion of your Windows network security. You run the absolute minimum on a DC that you can run (yes SBS makes me squeamish but that

RE: [ActiveDir] Proving a User is logged on to the domain

2005-11-26 Thread joe
If there were an easy way to guarantee it I would have just pointed at that. Since there isn't, I wanted to know how accurate the info needs to be so you can determine how much work you are willing to do. I wouldn't guarantee that info as accurate no. The user's PC could somehow be unavailable

RE: [ActiveDir] OldCmp

2005-11-26 Thread joe
So, other than the bug reports and requests I have received previously prior to this email, it is perfect? Cool. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joeSent: Friday, November 18, 2005 5:38 PMTo: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.orgSubject: [ActiveDir] OldCmp Ok, so

RE: [ActiveDir] userCertificate Property in Active Directory

2005-11-26 Thread joe
Very cool, thanks for sharing. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 12:39 PMTo: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.orgSubject: [ActiveDir] userCertificate Property in Active Directory Thanks, I think Ifigured it out. For

RE: [ActiveDir] Active Directory 3rd Book

2005-11-26 Thread joe
Most all of the scripts have been modified. Several of the larger main scripts were modified considerably or completely rewritten. The chapters I recall the biggest changes to were the Security, Schema, and Replication chapters. At least those are the ones that I got stuck on for some

RE: [ActiveDir] How to Force application of inheritance for OUs that have inheritance blocked - Correction.

2005-11-26 Thread joe
Title: Question about inheritance at the Domain Root level. You will need to either browse to the level and recheck the inheritence box or use dsacls with /P:N on each OU that has inheritence disabled. Alternatively you could write a script that modifies the ACLs directly. Probably the

RE: [ActiveDir] OT:Exchange move settings from one to another and it looks like this gets stuck in AD somewhere

2005-11-26 Thread joe
Yes. Unfortunately not with adfind and admod doesn't handle CSV input yet. It will, just not yet. Keep in mind that msExchTurfListNames is a multivalue attribute that has a fixed limit... 2K it will be ~850 values and with K3 it is somewhere around ~1300 values when you will hit administrative

RE: [ActiveDir] Scripts/client name/AD groups

2005-11-26 Thread joe
No, user group memberships is handled, well on the user object. You would need to write an app or script that looked up the client, found the user, then modified the users membership. However that wouldn't take affect again until the user logged off and logged on. -Original Message-

RE: [ActiveDir] OldCmp

2005-11-26 Thread David Adner
I scanned through the list of current switches and you appear to already have everything I was going to ask for. :) The only item I wasn't 100% certain on was if it can query lastLogon. I saw references to pwdLastSet and lastLogonTimeStamp. The ability to query lastLogon would be nice for

RE: [ActiveDir] Connecting the test environment to the production - what is your opinion?

2005-11-26 Thread Almeida Pinto, Jorge de
Hi Joe and Al, Thank you both for the reactions. I know how I think about it and what I told the client that proposed this. I think your reactions say enough about the wild idea. The client that proposed this was told by me and a collegue that although it seems OK, the risks are too high and

[ActiveDir] FRSInlog

2005-11-26 Thread James Green
Hi I am using Microsoft Sonar tool to keep an eye on my 6 DCs in 2 domains - FRS / SYSVOL. Last week Sonar flagged few errors - FRSInlog, FRSSets - I am not impressed by the help file you don't get with Sonar - so what do these errors mean? FRSInlog?? or FRSSets?? Thanks for help James

RE : [ActiveDir] How to Force application of inher itance for OUs that have inheritance blocked - Correcti on.

2005-11-26 Thread TIROA YANN
Thanks for your answer joe :) Yann. De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] de la part de joe Date: sam. 26/11/2005 17:23 À: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Objet : RE: [ActiveDir] How to Force application of inheritance for OUs that have inheritance blocked - Correction. You

Re: [ActiveDir] Outlook installed on a DC

2005-11-26 Thread Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
I'm convinced that Joe wouldn't even want a c:\ on the screen. Maybe a c or a colon or a slash...but all three? Too much bloat. ;-) joe wrote: Your manager is a soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organ. Every new piece of software added to any machine is new possible threat

RE: [ActiveDir] Outlook installed on a DC

2005-11-26 Thread joe
lol. :) Susan, what if you had a server that you couldn't do any GUI from butinstead you loaded up the GUI to control the server ona workstation? Would that be good enough for you or do you absolutely HAVE to run the GUI on the server? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [ActiveDir] OldCmp

2005-11-26 Thread joe
Yeah I have been thinking about that one for a while, I don't just want to do it, I would want to do it efficiently and with some measure of a guarantee which is tough, especially in large environments or environments with WAN sites (for instance, if there is one or moreDCs that you can't

RE: [ActiveDir] Connecting the test environment to the production - what is your opinion?

2005-11-26 Thread joe
Been there. Someone has a hairbrained idea and wants you to sign up to back it... There have been times I have signed up but anytime I have any unease about it I won't even think about signing up especially if I was consulted as an expert. If the person asks you and then fights you on the answer,

Re: [ActiveDir] Outlook installed on a DC

2005-11-26 Thread Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
You do realize we even have folks that turn themes on their SBS boxes because they want it to look 'pretty'. :-) There are still times you have to be 'on' a box ...especially down here. joe wrote: lol. :) Susan, what if you had a server that you couldn't do any GUI from

RE: [ActiveDir] Outlook installed on a DC

2005-11-26 Thread Michael B. Smith
t'cha Disabling OpenGL screen savers used to be a constant battle for me with my SBS'er clients. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2005 6:41 PMTo: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.orgSubject:

RE: [ActiveDir] Outlook installed on a DC

2005-11-26 Thread joe
When specifically? If you don't point them out, there is less chance it will get corrected. :o) I would love to get to a point of not having to interactively logon to servers except at initial configuration. Much less chance of doing stupid accidental things. One of the great strengths and

Re: [ActiveDir] Outlook installed on a DC

2005-11-26 Thread Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
Well when RDP breaks or you have a stupid laptop that somehow thinks it's on a domain because it used to be on a domain and it's no longer on a domain and yet the firewall settings are still 'enabled' [okay that's not exactly the greatest example but it's the only one I could come up with at

RE: [ActiveDir] FRSInlog

2005-11-26 Thread Rick Kingslan
Both of the errors deal with journal wrap in the FRS logs A number of issues as to WHY this happens. However, I'd upgrade to UltraSound - the successor to Sonar. It has much better JIT information associated with the errors - and how to fix them. Rick -- Posting is provided AS IS, and

Re: [ActiveDir] FRSInlog

2005-11-26 Thread steve patrick
The inlog is the inbound change orders. It would help to know what the actual error was.. steve - Original Message - From: Rick Kingslan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2005 6:51 PM Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] FRSInlog Both of the

RE: [ActiveDir] Windows 2003 SP1 upgrade...

2005-11-26 Thread Rick Kingslan
yawn Sometimes, I realize that I commented on something, go back and read the thread and come upon a novella. Occasionally, all I want is a paragraph. Hopefully, all of this information wasn't meant for me, because all I do day in, day out these days is drink from a fire hose - hence why

[ActiveDir] windows installation question

2005-11-26 Thread Roseta radfar
Hello, I have a computer which has a w2k on it. It is on a network and does not have a CD drive. now I want to have a XP on it with out removing w2k. Is there any way that I can install XP through network without damaging my w2k? Thanks in advance. Roseta

RE: [ActiveDir] Outlook installed on a DC

2005-11-26 Thread Ed Crowley [MVP]
You can notify via e-mail without any client at all on the system. Justmake upa message in an RFC 822 format and then drop it in the Exchange server's SMTP virtual serverpickup directory. You can literally make a notification message from a DOS batch file. Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet