[ActiveDir] Most common cause of Active Directory failures?

2005-10-05 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
. Malicious attack by an authenticated user L. Malicious attack by an unauthenticated user M. Other (please specify) Thanks for your feedback. -gil Gil Kirkpatrick CTO, NetPro Don''t miss the Directory Experts Conference 2006. More information at www.dec2006.com.

RE: [ActiveDir] Domain Problems....

2005-09-25 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
You don't need to move DNS per se, but you do need to start the DNS service on at least one other DC in the domain. It sounds like your clients are trying to use the bad DC as a DNS resolver. You'll need to fix their IP configuration to use another resolver. You should be able to do that through

RE: [ActiveDir] Applications that extend the schema...

2005-09-23 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Hey Chuck, Having been down this road several times, both with eDir/NDS apps an AD apps, I can say positively that the service should not try to modify the schema itself. The schema extension can be provided as an optional part of the install process, but it also must be provided as an LDIF

RE: [ActiveDir] Domain Controller Security

2005-09-22 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
See, for instance, the demo Guido did in the security workshop with Sanjay at DEC last year. -g From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hutchins, MikeSent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 11:37 AMTo: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.orgSubject: RE: [ActiveDir] Domain

RE: [ActiveDir] Domain Controller Security

2005-09-21 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Yes, untrusted admin + DC logon access = no more security. If you're trying to lock him down, then you can't give him access to the DC. Can you give him a member server for the file shares and just delegate the password administraion on the OU? -g -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] Question on Replication Topology

2005-08-15 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Do you have sites and subnets defined, or is everything in the Default First Site? -gil -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rocky Habeeb Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 11:28 AM To: activedir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] Question on

RE: [ActiveDir] Demoted DC Lives On

2005-07-27 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
That usually works with no problems... -gil From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Your Name Sent: Wed 7/27/2005 7:02 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] Demoted DC Lives On Hello: A few weeks ago, I demoted a DC at one of our sites. The

RE: [ActiveDir] Trust issues NT4 and Windows 2003SP1

2005-07-02 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Anything in the System our Security logs on the WS2K3 server? Is it possible that the WS2K3 box is using 128-bit encryption and the NT4 box is using 64-bit encryption? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Mark Parris Sent: Sat 7/2/2005 3:15 AM To:

RE: [ActiveDir] Error while adding user to AD

2005-06-27 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
This sort of error happens when the user you are provisioning doesn't meet all the policy requirements in AD. Make sure all the required attributes are set properly, and make sure that the password assigned to the user object meets the current domain complexity requirements. -gil

RE: [ActiveDir] TRĀ : Golbal catalog Infrasctucutre Master.

2005-05-24 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
will add a domain in the future, then you should not put the infrastructure master on a GC. You'll almost certainly forget to move it when you add the new domain :) -gil Gil Kirkpatrick CTO, NetPro "To fly, flip away backhanded. Flat flip flies straight. Tilted flip curves. Experiment!&quo

RE: [ActiveDir] DNS vs. Hosts File

2005-05-05 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Jose, Jose, Jose 1) It's the University of California, not University of Berkely. Yes, Cal is located in Berkeley, CA and we do have several small extension campuses in Los Angeles (UCLA), Santa Barabara (UCSB), San Diego (UCSD), etc. However, there is only one University of California. 2)

RE: [ActiveDir] DNS vs. Hosts File

2005-05-05 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
, Regards, Jose Medeiros - -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Gil Kirkpatrick Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 3:23 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] DNS vs. Hosts File

RE: [ActiveDir]Time Service

2005-04-26 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Just set the time source for the PDC role owner DC to point to the member server, and set the time source for the member server to the outside time source. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Peter Jessop Sent: Tue 4/26/2005 1:32 AM To:

RE: [ActiveDir] How to verify successful installation of additional DC

2005-04-23 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Running DCDIAG on both DCs would be a good start. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Danny Sent: Sat 4/23/2005 7:06 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] How to verify successful installation of additional DC How can I verify successful

RE: [ActiveDir] More LDP issues

2005-04-08 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
I believe the WKGUID= format is only decoded by ADSI, not LDAP. You need to specify the correct DN of the deleted object. Items in the deleted objects container have DNs of the form CN=original cn\0ADEL:f3c336a8-0652-47c9-8965-aa3ec83a998e,CN=Deleted Objects,DC=yourdomain,DC=com. The guid segment

RE: [ActiveDir] AD Site Confusion

2005-03-31 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Authentication Topology by Gil Kirkpatrick * http://www.windowsitpro.com/Windows/Article/ArticleID/40718/40718.html Designing for DC Failover by Sean Deuby Autositecoverage only works for DC-less sites. So yes, it behaves differently for situation 1 (autositecoverage will occur) and 2

RE: [ActiveDir] 2003 SP1 RTM

2005-03-31 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Debug build? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bernard, Aric Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 1:41 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] 2003 SP1 RTM Nothing in particular - every process usage appears to be

RE: [ActiveDir] Storing dates in AD

2005-03-29 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Title: Storing dates in AD The purist in me says use the pwdLastSet form... it avoids the 2038 "problem", such as it is. And in general its better to limit the number of different representations for a particular data type. I don't think MS uses time_t in the directory anywhere. From:

RE: [ActiveDir] Storing dates in AD

2005-03-29 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gil Kirkpatrick Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 3:44 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Storing dates in AD Depends on the domain of the date values, and how they are used. If the dates will be passed along to other X.500/LDAP type directories

RE: [ActiveDir] Storing dates in AD

2005-03-28 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Title: Storing dates in AD Depends on the domain of the date values, and how they are used. If the dates will be passed along to other X.500/LDAP type directories, you probably should use the Generalized Time syntax (2.5.5.11). If the dates are manipulated programmatically, use the long

RE: [ActiveDir] Bridgehead in a single-server site

2005-03-28 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Is there a good reason to NOT let the KCC pick the BH for you automatically? That way you get some failover if it craps out for some reason. Otherwise you'll have to watch the DC constantly to reset the BH to make sure replication continues to work. In Windows 2003, the KCC is pretty good

RE: [ActiveDir] AD Site Confusion

2005-03-28 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
1) Are the DCs all in the same domain? Obviously you need a DC in the same domain as the clients. 2) Are the DCs in Site B and C GCs? You need a GC to log on. 3) Can the Site A clients resolve DNS names if both DCs in Site A are down? Clients locate DCs through DNS; no DNS, no logon. 4) Are there

RE: [ActiveDir] Have fun at DEC

2005-03-22 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Never expect less from joe! :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lee, Wook Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 10:40 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Have fun at DEC Did you really expect anything less from joe? Wook

RE: [ActiveDir] OT:strange favor

2005-03-22 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Replied offline -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kern, Tom Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 4:18 PM To: ActiveDir (E-mail) Subject: [ActiveDir] OT:strange favor Hi all. I've posted on this list alot and I know the fears about disclosing

RE: [ActiveDir] Have fun at DEC

2005-03-21 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Thanks for all the good words. I haven't ground up the session evals yet, but my informal polling indicates that overall, this DEC came off quite well. High points (not from me, but summarized from attendee comments I heard) 1) Most of the sessions were well done, with one or perhaps two

RE: [ActiveDir] Problem: Limit Domain Admins and Administrators

2005-03-09 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Rick's comments are spot-on. Trust is a gradient thing, not binary. You trust people *up to a point*. Where that point is depends on you, your admins, and your environment. Unfortunately, delegation of administrative rights isn't a gradient thing... you get rights in great clumps. Once

RE: [ActiveDir] Problem: Limit Domain Admins and Administrators

2005-03-09 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Title: Message Who monitor's the admins? That's an organizational problem, not an administrative one. Somewhere in the organizational hierarchy someone is sufficiently trusted and endowed with enough responsibility to carry out that task. Someone who is trusted as an EA perhaps? The CIO (I

RE: [ActiveDir] DEC questions

2005-03-09 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gil Kirkpatrick Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 5:04 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] DEC questions Come on Phil, why not start on the 17th? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] Problem: Limit Domain Admins and Administrators

2005-03-09 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Title: Message I'm going to have to print this one out and frame it. Not only does joe agree with me (a rare occurance in itself), but his _entire post_ consists of one word. I think we are witnessing an historic event. Someone search the archives and find out if that has ever happened

RE: [ActiveDir] Problem: Limit Domain Admins and Administrators

2005-03-09 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Title: Message with me only like 5'1 and 115 lbs :-0 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joeSent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 11:51 AMTo: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.orgSubject: RE: [ActiveDir] Problem: Limit Domain Admins and Administrators LOL. Man do I have a

RE: [ActiveDir] Problem: Limit Domain Admins and Administrators

2005-03-09 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
When you say "register to receive changes", do you mean as in a persistent LDAP search?Or you refering to some other mechanism? -gil From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Isenhour, JosephSent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 1:21 PMTo:

RE: [ActiveDir] Files from Windows 2000 Server ResKit

2005-03-09 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Aww, Deji... you spoiled my fun! -gil From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 4:29 PMTo: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.orgSubject: RE: [ActiveDir] Files from Windows 2000 Server ResKit Justin, I am tempted to patch a

RE: [ActiveDir] KCC and Inter-site replication objects

2005-03-07 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/all/te chref/en-us/Default.asp?url=/Resources/Documentation/windowsserv/2003/al l/techref/en-us/W2K3TR_repto_how.asp for details -gil Gil Kirkpatrick CTO, NetPro To fly, flip away backhanded. Flat flip flies straight. Tilted flip curves. Experiment

RE: [ActiveDir] Active Directory and LDAP

2005-03-07 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
: http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsServer2003/techinfo/overview/adsmallbiz. mspx is a pretty good overview. This document describes Active Directory's LDAP compliance: http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/c/8/dc83e0b8-fc2c-4af4-bd27-45b 5963ad98d/AD%20LDAP%20Compliance.doc. -gil Gil Kirkpatrick CTO

RE: [ActiveDir] KCC and Inter-site replication objects

2005-03-07 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
connection objects in a more timely fashion? Thanks again, Shawn Hayes Gil Kirkpatrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/07/05 11:38AM The KCC runs by default every 15 minutes, but there is another parameter that controls how long a DC has to be unavailable to be dropped from the topology. For intersite topology

RE: [ActiveDir] Active Directory and LDAP

2005-03-07 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Aww, man... How come my book isn't up there? -gil -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joe Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 10:11 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Active Directory and LDAP Hey now... Don't forget

RE: [ActiveDir] Active Directory and LDAP

2005-03-07 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
and LDAP The one that's out of print? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0672315874/103-8355 416-0173405?_encoding=UTF8n=283155 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gil Kirkpatrick Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 12:19 PM To: ActiveDir

RE: [ActiveDir] Active Directory and LDAP

2005-03-07 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
someone who wants to use kerberos and you point them at the MIT dist. joe -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gil Kirkpatrick Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 12:19 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Active Directory

RE: [ActiveDir] Active Directory and LDAP

2005-03-07 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
) It is like someone who wants to use kerberos and you point them at the MIT dist. joe -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gil Kirkpatrick Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 12:19 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE

RE: [ActiveDir]A bit OT: Creating Printers

2005-03-07 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Doesn't the ability to install a printer mean they have the rights to install a device driver? I think that means they have to have local administrator rights. And if they have the ability to install a driver, they own the server anyway :) -gil From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] Active Directory and LDAP

2005-03-07 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
got on the shelf. Active Directory Programming by Gil Kirkpatrick -rtk -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gil Kirkpatrick Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 11:19 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Active Directory

RE: [ActiveDir] LDAP and related Exchange question

2005-03-04 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Why wouldn't objectGuid be appropriate? AD generates the objectGuid attribute using UuidCreate() (or some variation) that is guaranteed with reasonable certainty to generate values that are unique across all machines, not just DCs in the forest. If you need a globally unique, immutable identifer,

RE: [ActiveDir] LDAP and related Exchange question

2005-03-04 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gil Kirkpatrick Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 1:13 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] LDAP and related Exchange question Why wouldn't objectGuid be appropriate? AD generates the objectGuid attribute using UuidCreate() (or some variation

RE: [ActiveDir] Creating a backlink and forwardlink

2005-03-04 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
WHAT? I never heard of that! -gil -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joe Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 2:38 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Creating a backlink and forwardlink Small correction, you will register

RE: [ActiveDir] DNS and site coverage behaviour

2005-03-03 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
ot; in DNS. You didn't indicate what your domain situation was... make sure that the clients in the DC-less site authenticate to domains that have DCs located in the covering site. Otherwise the clients will start authenticating over the WAN. -gil Gil Kirkpatrick CTO, NetPro "To fly, flip

RE: [ActiveDir] DNS and site coverage behaviour

2005-03-03 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Title: Message Not true. The site will remain, and there will be no DCs in the site. The DCs in the nearest site will cover the DC-less site by publishing additional SRV records in DNS. -gil Gil Kirkpatrick CTO, NetPro "To fly, flip away backhanded. Flat flip flies straight. Tilted

RE: [ActiveDir] DEC questions

2005-03-02 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gil Kirkpatrick Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 11:56 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] DEC questions To answer Ken's quesiton directly, DEC is the Directory Experts Conference that NetPro sponsors along with Microsoft and others. It is a technology

RE: [ActiveDir] DEC questions

2005-03-01 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
To answer Ken's quesiton directly, DEC is the Directory Experts Conference that NetPro sponsors along with Microsoft and others. It is a technology conference focused entirely on AD and intimately related technologies like DNS, ADFS, etc. The presenters are about a third/a third/a third

RE: [ActiveDir] The missing fields

2005-03-01 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Programming as taught by Catholic nuns! Father Djykstra and Sister Grace (Murray Hopper)! What a great concept. It ould be a sitcom. Or even beter a reality show (that way you don't have to pay those expensive script writers). -gil -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [ActiveDir] Win 2003 DC behind firewall

2005-02-27 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Jesse Sutela from HP will be doing a session at the Directory Experts Conference in Vancouver that covers this scenario in great detail. He's on this list occassionally... -gil From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Chris Gauch Sent: Sun 2/27/2005 5:14 PM To:

RE: [ActiveDir] Some thoughts on securing sensitive accounts....

2005-02-25 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
I wouldn't give those rights to a group... Just one or two people in the group, and only after proper vetting. Vetting would include the usual background checks and good corporate citizen-type evaluations, as well as AD technical knowledge. Would you want them fixing an AD disaster in the middle

RE: [ActiveDir] Anyone use Server Performance Analyzer?

2005-02-24 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
ata useful? Was the product easy to figure out? -gil Gil Kirkpatrick CTO, NetPro "To fly, flip away backhanded. Flat flip flies straight. Tilted flip curves. Experiment!"

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: MOM 2005

2005-02-24 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Have you installed SQL Reporting Services? It's a separate install. See http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/mom/mom2005/deploy/ch5/depl oy_reporting1.mspx for other installation issues. -gil -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

RE: [ActiveDir] Anyone use Server Performance Analyzer?

2005-02-23 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
@mail.activedir.orgSubject: RE: [ActiveDir] Anyone use Server Performance Analyzer? "To fly, flip away backhanded. Flat flip flies straight. Tilted flip curves. Experiment!" Frisbee? -Original Message-----From: Gil Kirkpatrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 3:20 PMTo:

RE: [ActiveDir] Anyone use Server Performance Analyzer?

2005-02-23 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
: [ActiveDir] Anyone use Server Performance Analyzer? Has anyone on the list used SPA to evaluate DC performance? If so, what were your impressions? Was the data useful? Was the product easy to figure out? -gil Gil Kirkpatrick CTO, NetPro "To fly, flip away backhanded. Flat flip flies str

RE: [ActiveDir] Anyone use Server Performance Analyzer?

2005-02-23 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
impressions? Was the data useful? Was the product easy to figure out? -gil Gil Kirkpatrick CTO, NetPro "To fly, flip away backhanded. Flat flip flies straight. Tilted flip curves. Experiment!"

RE: [ActiveDir] Is it possible ? deny domain admins create new user permission

2005-02-22 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Title: Message Can't be done. Domain admins own the domain (and can own the forest if they're persistent about it). You can make it perhaps a little inconvenient for them to add users, but you can prevent them from doing it. -gil From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

RE: [ActiveDir] Is it possible ? deny domain admins create new user permission

2005-02-22 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Title: Message Yikes! How'd that happen? Must be one of those complicated computer things... -gil From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hutchins, MikeSent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 1:37 PMTo: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.orgSubject: RE: [ActiveDir] Is it possible ?

RE: [ActiveDir] Is it possible ? deny domain admins create new user permission

2005-02-22 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Title: Message My next post will be regarding the Windows Server 2003 Beta... From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joeSent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 1:29 PMTo: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.orgSubject: RE: [ActiveDir] Is it possible ? deny domain admins create new

RE: [ActiveDir] Disabling Inactive Users

2005-02-22 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Title: Disabling Inactive Users AFAIK there's no GPO setting to do this. Most people run a script periodically or use a 3rd part tool like Javelina. -g From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rogers, JamesSent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 1:56 PMTo:

[ActiveDir] Anyone use Server Performance Analyzer?

2005-02-22 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Title: Disabling Inactive Users Has anyone on the list used SPA to evaluate DC performance? If so, what were your impressions? Was the data useful? Was the product easy to figure out? -gil Gil Kirkpatrick CTO, NetPro "To fly, flip away backhanded. Flat flip flies straight. Tilted

RE: [ActiveDir] Account policies and groups

2005-02-17 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Title: Account policies and groups No, group membership does not determine what policies get applied. If they did, they would be called "OU policies", wouldn't they? :) -gil From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim SuttonSent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 7:27

RE: [ActiveDir] LDAP query question

2005-02-16 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
ADSI is so lame. Try escaping the slash in the DN with "\2f", e.g. "cn=foo\2fbar,cn=user,dc=domain,dc=com". If this is C or some variant, don't forget to escape the backslash itself. -gil From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Passo, LarrySent: Wednesday,

RE: [ActiveDir] LDAP query question

2005-02-16 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Replace the forward slash with "\2f" -gil From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean WellsSent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 1:03 PMTo: Send - AD mailing listSubject: RE: [ActiveDir] LDAP query question Initial thought - string substitution, escape it with

RE: [ActiveDir] computers in active directory

2005-02-14 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Domain-member computers are security principals in Windows networks, which means they have names in Active Directory, and authenticate to Active Directory when they boot up. -gil From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Grumpy Nounet Sent: Mon 2/14/2005 8:24 AM

RE: [ActiveDir] VERY VERY OT: DEC and Vancouver/Canada

2005-02-14 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
. Is it that no one but Jorge is going to DEC or is it that no one but Jorge knows who I am? joe -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gil Kirkpatrick Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 6:57 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE

RE: [ActiveDir] Remote Assistance

2005-02-09 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Sounds like a great DEC topic to me. And joe says he can't think of anything to present ;) -gil -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carerros, Charles Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 10:31 AM To: 'ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org' Subject:

RE: [ActiveDir] Remote Assistance

2005-02-09 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Gil Kirkpatrick Sent: Wed 2/9/2005 9:42 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Remote Assistance Sounds like a great DEC topic to me. And joe says he can't think of anything to present ;) -gil -Original Message

RE: [ActiveDir] Built-in Defragger and Clustering

2005-02-08 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
I could imagine a problemwith cache consistency if the volumewas being accessed while the defrag was running... -gil From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick KingslanSent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 10:12 PMTo: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.orgSubject: RE:

RE: [ActiveDir] Using GPO's to force a Lock Workstation in conjunction with task manager

2005-02-07 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
I doubt that the task scheduler can run a shortcut... Shortcuts are a shell function. Can you run the .exe directly from the scheduler instead of running the shortcut? -gil -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Kingslan Sent: Monday,

RE: [ActiveDir] Using GPO's to force a Lock Workstation in conjunction with task manager

2005-02-07 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
share. - Original Message - From: Gil Kirkpatrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 2:48 PM Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Using GPO's to force a Lock Workstation in conjunction with task manager I doubt that the task scheduler can run

RE: [ActiveDir] Stop AD service?

2005-02-04 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
AD can't be shut down per se; in fact, if AD crashes for some reason, it will shut down the machine automatically. Run your app on your workstation or on another server, then pull the wire. -gil Gil Kirpkatrick CTO, NetPro -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] VERY VERY OT: DEC and Vancouver/Canada

2005-02-04 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
I feel so rejected. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joe Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 4:11 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] VERY VERY OT: DEC and Vancouver/Canada Hmmm. Listen to the roar of

RE: [ActiveDir] Loopback Adapter in WIndows

2005-02-03 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
', and then click Next. Click 'Network adapters', and then click Next. In the Manufacturers box, click 'Microsoft'. In the Network Adapter box, click 'Microsoft Loopback Adapter', and then click Next. Click Finish. -gil Gil Kirkpatrick CTO, NetPro From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] VERY VERY OT: DEC and Vancouver/Canada

2005-02-03 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
The IEEE-standard response to questions such as Why don't they do this or that??? is: Whadaya want for nothin'? I still think a session on the tools and creative ways to use them (how to use adfind to clean a clogged sink for instance) would be a fine DEC topic. But in any case, you should

RE: [ActiveDir] VERY VERY OT: DEC and Vancouver/Canada

2005-01-31 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
All the MSFT guys have indicated that Whistler is the place to go. I'll see if we can set up something for right after the conference. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fuller, Stuart Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 9:23 AM To:

RE: [ActiveDir] AD - Modify Query Limits

2005-01-25 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Try this: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315071sd=tech -gil Gil Kirkpatrick CTO, NetPro From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jerry WelchSent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 12:03 PMTo: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.orgSubject: [ActiveDir] AD

RE: [ActiveDir] Seperating two domain controllers with in the same domain

2005-01-25 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
I agree with Aric... I don't think creating a new domain and adding DCs is going to resolve the end-point mapper error. Some questions you might want to consider: What's that patch level on the DCs? Do you have AV-software running on the DCs? Anything interesting in the event logs? Does

RE: [ActiveDir] Event Log consolidation tool from MSFT

2005-01-11 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
It was called MACS, now called ACS, Audit Collection Services. It should ship with or be available with R2. I don't think the Beta is open at this time. -gil Gil Kirkpatrick CTO, NetPro -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Myrick, Todd (NIH

RE: [ActiveDir] Forest trusts vs trusts within forests

2005-01-07 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Title: Message David, As with most things, its acost/benefit question. Managing an additional forestadds non-trivial costs tothe equation, but provides the security it seems you are looking for. There's a interesting paper on risk analysis at http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~shawnb/SREIS.pdf.It

RE: [ActiveDir] Forest trusts vs trusts within forests

2005-01-06 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Separate forests should be well protected from each other, with the possible exception of the SID History exploit, which is prevented by enabling SID filtering, which I think is on by default now. -gil -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

RE: [ActiveDir] Forest trusts vs trusts within forests

2005-01-06 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Hear, hear! -gil From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Deji Akomolafe Sent: Thu 1/6/2005 8:06 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Forest trusts vs trusts within forests by using selective authentication (SA). Which, in order words,

RE: [ActiveDir] GPO Processing

2004-12-30 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
DNS name resolution? IP connectivity to DC? -gil From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Salandra, Justin A.Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 9:31 AMTo: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.orgSubject: [ActiveDir] GPO Processing I keep getting these errors on my Windows XP

RE: [ActiveDir] Change Control Systems

2004-12-20 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
in an environment with more than just AD. But it is a great tool for keeping tabs on AD. I'd definitely recommend taking a look at it. Phil -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gil Kirkpatrick Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 12:19 PM To: ActiveDir

RE: [ActiveDir] Change Control Systems

2004-12-20 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Title: RE: [ActiveDir] Change Control Systems Now there's a picture I just didn't need to have in my head :-0 -gil From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert RutherfordSent: Monday, December 20, 2004 4:05 PMTo: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.orgSubject: RE:

RE: [ActiveDir] Change Control Systems

2004-12-17 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
CVS is prety much the industry standard open source source code control server. CVSNT is the best version for Windows that I'm aware of; see http://www.cvsnt.com/. There are a couple of Windows clients available; WinCVS is the one I use. Its on SourceForge at

RE: [ActiveDir] wireless AP scanner

2004-12-10 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Title: Account name as Common Name NetStumbler http://www.netstumbler.com/downloads/ -gil From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Douglas M. LongSent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 11:16 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: OT: wireless AP scanner Does anyone know of

RE: [ActiveDir] LDAP Capacity Planning

2004-12-08 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Title: [ActiveDir] Black Login Screen ADTEST I believe logs LDAP response times, but its been awhile. -gil From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Centenni, JasonSent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 7:14 AMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] LDAP Capacity

RE: [ActiveDir] Stress testing and performance analysis of domain controllers

2004-12-08 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Netpro encompass this in another of their apps? Thanks, neil -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gil Kirkpatrick Sent: 06 December 2004 17:51 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Stress testing and performance analysis of domain

RE: [ActiveDir] Stress testing and performance analysis of domain controllers

2004-12-08 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
? Thanks, neil -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gil Kirkpatrick Sent: 06 December 2004 17:51 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Stress testing and performance analysis of domain controllers See http://www.microsoft.com/resources

RE: [ActiveDir] exchange 2k permissions OT

2004-12-08 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Tom, Bob, Deji will be covering Exchange security and how it relates to AD security at DEC 2005 in Vancouver. -gil -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Free, Bob Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 10:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE:

RE: [ActiveDir] Stress testing and performance analysis of domain controllers

2004-12-06 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
pleased. -gil Gil Kirkpatrick CTO, NetPro To fly, flip away backhanded. Flat flip flies straight. Tilted flip curves. Experiment! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brett Shirley Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 10:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [ActiveDir] Stress testing and performance analysis of domain controllers

2004-12-06 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
LSASS.EXE is built with the /LARGEADDRESSAWARE switch, and is capable of using the additional memory to cache the DIT. excerpt from dumpbin /all of lsass.exe FILE HEADER VALUES 14C machine (x86) 3 number of sections 3E7FFFBA time date stamp Tue Mar 25 00:05:30

RE: [ActiveDir] Stress testing and performance analysis of domain controllers

2004-12-06 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Definitely, putting DIT and logs on separate spindles is a no-brainer and guaranteed to improve things. Gil I agree with everything Al has ever said Kirkpatrick CTO, NetPro -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mulnick, Al Sent: Monday,

RE: [ActiveDir] Stress testing and performance analysis of domain controllers

2004-12-06 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
which in our environment seem to be the most critical components. Our DIT is ~1 GB. Diane -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gil Kirkpatrick Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 10:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Stress testing

RE: [ActiveDir] Black Login Screen

2004-12-06 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
I've run into similar problems with termserv if the screensaver is enabled on the host machine. -gil Gil Kirkpatrick CTO, NetPro To fly, flip away backhanded. Flat flip flies straight. Tilted flip curves. Experiment! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

[ActiveDir] Directory Expert's Conference 2005

2004-11-19 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
MVPs: email at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] if your management needs some convincing. Hope to see you there, -gil Gil Kirkpatrick CTO, NetPro Author of Active Directory Programming DEC founder and facilitator List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ: http

RE: [ActiveDir] AD OpenLDAP

2004-11-05 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Microsoft Identity Integration Server. It is Microsoft's metadirectory product, formerly named MMS. -gil From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Steve Schofield Sent: Fri 11/5/2004 3:02 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] AD OpenLDAP There are

RE: [ActiveDir] FW: Exchange 2003 on DC

2004-10-28 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
Title: Message Ew. Too much information! That picture is going to be stuck in my head for the rest of the day. -gil From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert RutherfordSent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 4:03 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: RE: [ActiveDir]

RE: [ActiveDir] What attribute determines the Schema Master Role?

2004-10-27 Thread Gil Kirkpatrick
the Schema Master Role? You forgot, comes with rubber chicken to beat Admins who change FSMO roles without telling AD Admin... Hehe Todd -Original Message- From: Gil Kirkpatrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 2:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE

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