[ActiveDir] Access Denied error when joining the domain

2006-01-09 Thread Alborzfard, Alex
When trying to join PCs to domain, Access Denied error message is displayed. There are no entries in Event Viewer logs. PCs can ping DC by name IP address. Also there are no duplicate machines in AD. These PCs were part of bunch of PCs that were imaged and sent to remote site. Some are

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: DEC 2006

2006-01-09 Thread Grillenmeier, Guido
Title: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: DEC 2006 I'll be there as well, but I don't think I'll try to tackle Wook's Haikus and Jingles. Now what in the world is a limerick? :-) /Guido From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lee, WookSent: Freitag, 6. Januar 2006 21:15To:

RE: [ActiveDir] Access Denied error when joining the domain

2006-01-09 Thread Almeida Pinto, Jorge de
Yes the SID of the local PC should be changed before joining. In this case SYSPREP would bethe way to go jorge From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alborzfard, AlexSent: Monday, January 09, 2006 11:42To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.orgSubject: [ActiveDir] Access

Re: [ActiveDir] Access Denied error when joining the domain

2006-01-09 Thread AdamT
On 1/9/06, Alborzfard, Alex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Should the SID of PCs be changed to resolve the problem and if so which tool can be used? Yes, you should change the SID of the machines. If you're using Ghost, it should have a package called Ghost Walker with it, which can change the

RE: [ActiveDir] User Password Expiration

2006-01-09 Thread Jason Hicks
What about the use of a token based product, such as RSA SecurID? Each token can be used only once, meeting the requirement for auditable non-static passwords. http://www.rsasecurity.com/products/securid/datasheets/SIDMS_DS_0504.pdf Regards, J List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx

[ActiveDir] Automagically move AD computers into new/appropriate OU

2006-01-09 Thread Danny
Is there a way to automagically place new AD computers into the correct OU, as opposed to the built-in Computer container? Thanks, ...D List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ: http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive:

RE: [ActiveDir] Automagically move AD computers into new/appropriate OU

2006-01-09 Thread Alain Lissoir
DSMOVE combined with DSQUERY (Win2003) C:\For /F delims=* %i in ('dsquery * ou=MyOU,DC=LissWare,dc=Net -filter ((objectClass=computer)(name=J*))') do dsmove -newparent ou=MyComputers,dc=LissWare,dc=net %i /Alain -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [ActiveDir] Automagically move AD computers into new/appropriate OU

2006-01-09 Thread neil.ruston
Take a look at the command line tool redircmp. Requires w2k3 forest func level. neil -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Danny Sent: 09 January 2006 15:09 To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] Automagically move AD computers

RE: [ActiveDir] Automagically move AD computers into new/appropriate OU

2006-01-09 Thread Almeida Pinto, Jorge de
NETDOM ADD (adding computer accounts) or NETDOM JOIN (joining computers to domain) with the /OU option And if you have only ONE target OU you could redirect to it. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/D epKit/1919bb9f-adc9-4b7b-82f0-9bcaead3b81e.mspx Jorge

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: DEC 2006

2006-01-09 Thread McLeod, Scotty
Am attending again, looking forward to it. Scotty From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Parris Sent: 05 January 2006 22:17 To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] OT: DEC 2006 Of the list how

Re: [ActiveDir] Automagically move AD computers into new/appropriate OU

2006-01-09 Thread Danny
This is all fantastic information; especially since there are different ways of getting the same end result. Thanks, everyone! One more related question, if you have a dozen new PC's, what options are available for joining/adding computers to the domain -- besides logging into the PC and

RE: [ActiveDir] Duplicate application of group policy

2006-01-09 Thread Darren Mar-Elia
Hey Alan- Hope things are going well! With respect to the flags below, those are the codes thrown by userenv during so-called core GP processing. If you're looking at codes or flags within a particular CSE, then each CSE can throw its own codes. Unfortunately, I've never seen them fully documented

[ActiveDir] Schedueled Tasks script in GPO

2006-01-09 Thread Harding, Devon
When I run this script manually, it works and deletes system created At jobs. But when I place this in a logon script in GPO, it doesnt run. Any reason why? On Error Resume Next strComputer = . Set objWMIService = GetObject(winmgmts: _

[ActiveDir] Domain Demotion (Removal) Best Practices

2006-01-09 Thread Ibarra, Juan
Title: Domain Demotion (Removal) Best Practices Hi, we are in the process of removing several old domains that still contain some servers and services accounts on them. All active users have been migrated off to a new parent domain. Are there any best practices, thins I need to be aware or

RE: [ActiveDir] Schedueled Tasks script in GPO

2006-01-09 Thread Darren Mar-Elia
Doesthe user running the job have the privileges to create and modify AT jobs? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Harding, DevonSent: Monday, January 09, 2006 8:25 AMTo: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.orgSubject: [ActiveDir] Schedueled Tasks script in GPO When

RE: [ActiveDir] Schedueled Tasks script in GPO

2006-01-09 Thread Harding, Devon
The script works with the non-privileged user logged in. Just not through the GPO. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darren Mar-Elia Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 11:55 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Schedueled Tasks

Re: [ActiveDir] Schedueled Tasks script in GPO

2006-01-09 Thread Al Mulnick
Casual guess? Permissions. The context it would run under if in a logon script should be the user logging on which would likely not be able to perform this function. You could check the security logs if you're auditing else place some error checking and have it write out an error code if

RE: [ActiveDir] Schedueled Tasks script in GPO

2006-01-09 Thread Darren Mar-Elia
Hmm. You might want to trap for errors after each operation to see where its failing. It could be a timing issue, I suppose, but that shouldn't matter for querying WMI. Assuming your scripts are running asynchronously (the default) maybe try putting a sleep into the script at the beginning

Re: [ActiveDir] Schedueled Tasks script in GPO

2006-01-09 Thread Za Vue
Gpupdate /force on wkstn and DC run with no error? -Z.V. Harding, Devon wrote: The script works with the non-privileged user logged in. Just not through the GPO. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Darren Mar-Elia Sent: Monday,

RE: [ActiveDir] Schedueled Tasks script in GPO

2006-01-09 Thread Harding, Devon
I have other GPOs with logon scripts and they work fine. In what order are GPOs run? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darren Mar-Elia Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 12:21 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Schedueled Tasks

RE: [ActiveDir] Schedueled Tasks script in GPO

2006-01-09 Thread Darren Mar-Elia
When the Scripts CSE runs, it processes each GPO's scripts in the order of GP processing (LSDOU). Scripts are run asynchronously to the logon process by default. That means that they are running at the same time that the user logon process is occurring. For some types of script operations,

Re: [ActiveDir] OT: DEC 2006

2006-01-09 Thread Jose Medeiros
 I would love to go, unfortunately as most people on the list unless our employeers pay for it, we just can not afford to attend. Jose - Original Message - From: McLeod, Scotty To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 7:45 AM Subject:

RE: [ActiveDir] Domain Demotion (Removal) Best Practices

2006-01-09 Thread Almeida Pinto, Jorge de
At the moment you think I could remove the domain now don't do that, but shutdown the DCs to see what breaks. Of course you need to ignore errors concerning replication with that domain. If after a while (some days) nothing or nobody has started screaming then you could demote the DCs. Don't

[ActiveDir] GPO refresh interval

2006-01-09 Thread Matheesha Weerasinghe
Hi I had a quick query about GPO refresh interval. Is this an aggregate of all values which apply to Computer/User or is it applicable per GPO it was configured for? I am pretty sure its the former but I'd like it clarified. thanks M@Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! MSN

RE: [ActiveDir] Domain Demotion (Removal) Best Practices

2006-01-09 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Title: Domain Demotion (Removal) Best Practices The below is exactly what I did, with one addition. When I demoted the last DC I also turned off one DC from the remaining domain. I too was worried about the process and asked many questions here and elsewhere. The whole thing turned out to

RE: [ActiveDir] GPO refresh interval

2006-01-09 Thread Darren Mar-Elia
Not sure I understand the question. Each system will apply GP at an interval dependent upon its role. For DCs its every 5 minutes. For member servers and workstations its every 90 min plus a +-30 minute randomizer. For a given system, the next processing interval is determined when

RE: [ActiveDir] Schedueled Tasks script in GPO

2006-01-09 Thread Harding, Devon
Well the actual script DOES work when run manually. I may indeed need to put some sort of sleep/wait command before actually running the task delete. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darren Mar-Elia Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 1:48 PM To:

[ActiveDir] OT: Scripting Issue.

2006-01-09 Thread Erik Brown
I have a script that I run in an ASP page to list all RAS Users as a check to make sure that we don't have anyone with permissions that shouldn't have them. However, I'm finding now that we are migrating to W2k3 that this script doesn't work on 2k3. I read in a newsgroup that the RasPermissions in

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Scripting Issue.

2006-01-09 Thread Tony Murray
More info on this here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/rras/rr as/rasadminusersetinfo.asp Tony -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Erik Brown Sent: Tuesday, 10 January 2006 11:06 a.m. To:

RE: [ActiveDir] Schedueled Tasks script in GPO

2006-01-09 Thread Harding, Devon
I see whats happening here. Some of my GPOs are not being processed. I have one other GPO (Domain Linked) that is not being processed either. I wish there was a way to diagnose GPO being run. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Harding, Devon Sent:

RE: [ActiveDir] Schedueled Tasks script in GPO

2006-01-09 Thread Darren Mar-Elia
If you run GPMC GP Results wizard it will tell you why a particular GPO was or was not processed for a given user and computer. I would run that and see what it says. A few things to check: 1. Do you have loopback set on one of the workstation where this is running? 2. Are security filters

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Scripting Issue.

2006-01-09 Thread Tony Murray
Bad link, sorry. This example queries for all users that have the msNPAllowDialin attribute value set. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/resources/qanda/aug05/hey0 825.mspx Tony -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Murray

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Scripting Issue.

2006-01-09 Thread Michael B. Smith
Didn't like my answer in the Sunbelt group, eh? Server Data Objects are your portable way to do this, regardless of your domain mode (at least through Windows Server 2003). It wraps the MprAdminUserSetInfo and MprAdminUserGetInfo functions on both Windows 2000 and Windows 2003. For example,

[ActiveDir] [List Owner] IE7 and ActiveDir

2006-01-09 Thread Tony Murray
I've had a report that ActiveDir.org appearswellempty when viewed with IE7. In other words, the pages load without errors but no content is visible. Has anyone else experienced this problem? Just trying to gather some more detail. Tony www.activedir.org List info :

[ActiveDir] Exchange 2k cluster (OT)

2006-01-09 Thread Tom Kern
I have an active/passive exchange2k cluster where on one node the smtp service is always in online pending mode and never starts. There is nothing in the event log. In the cluster log, i get this error- SMTP Server Instance SMTP: Unable to read the 'ServiceName' property. Error: 2. SMTP Server

RE: [ActiveDir] [List Owner] IE7 and ActiveDir

2006-01-09 Thread David Rolling
Tony, Do you have a date when this person using IE7. I want to check the logs on the server to see if your site was sending the content. David Rolling President www.infovue.net On the Plains of Hesitation, Bleach the Bones of Countless Millions Who, at the Dawn of Victory, Sat Down to Wait and