RE: [ActiveDir] Setting \winlogon\welcome by ADM

2004-05-09 Thread Yakir, Ronen
Hi What I see is the the following key is generated when I set the policy in the gpo mmc [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy Objects\{15087322-E2C5-4C7A-902A-E813FA21EB66}Machine\SOFTWARE\Microsoft \Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]

[ActiveDir] LDAP stress tool for AD 2003

2004-05-09 Thread Steve Schofield
i have a need to find a tool that will help stress test LDAP calls to AD. Anyone aware of a tool such as this? I know in the web world MS has WAST (web app stress tool), exchange has JETSTRESS, LOADSIM. Steve Schofield [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft MVP - ASP.NET http://www.deviq.com

RE: [ActiveDir] Why doesn't Rick post much anymore?

2004-05-09 Thread Rick Kingslan
Yeah, well - you ought to come back more often. We could raise this to a whole new level of strange with YOU around... ;op Rick Kingslan MCSE, MCSA, MCT, CISSP Microsoft MVP: Windows Server / Directory Services Windows Server / Rights Management Associate Expert Expert Zone -

RE: [ActiveDir] Cached Domain Credential logon expiry for Win2k/X P

2004-05-09 Thread Rick Kingslan
Title: Message Cached credentials don't expire. The only setting that is available is HOW MANY UNIQUE cached credentials will remain. Let's assume that the default was in place and the cached credentials is at 10.If you come back to a system that you have logged onto once before, AND 10

RE: [ActiveDir] LDAP stress tool for AD 2003

2004-05-09 Thread Tony Murray
Hi Steve I'm not aware of anything specific. The ldclt tool (comes with iPlanet) might also work for AD, but I haven't tried it. Being an ASP.NET guru you should be able to script something quite easily :-) You can track expensive and inefficient queries (good fora stress test) by using

RE: [ActiveDir] LDAP stress tool for AD 2003

2004-05-09 Thread Darren Mar-Elia
There is a load test tool for AD, called ADTest. Check it out at: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4814fe3f-92ce-4871-b8a4-99f98b3f4338DisplayLang=en -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Tony Murray Sent: Sun 5/9/2004

RE: [ActiveDir] Setting \winlogon\welcome by ADM

2004-05-09 Thread Darren Mar-Elia
Ronen- What I've seen is that the key you've listed below is populated when I set local policy on a machine that is part of a domain, but I'm not connected to the domain. My guess is that this is Windows' way of preventing a disconnected user from overriding domain policy by simply setting it

Re: [ActiveDir] Mac clients passwords

2004-05-09 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Mark, If all you want is to provide your mac users with adequate advance warning of password expiry (e.g., by e-mail or by launching a web browser to a suitable URL at an appropriate time, from an OSX login shell script), and help them to change passwords on AD and elsewhere from a web

RE: [ActiveDir] LDAP stress tool for AD 2003

2004-05-09 Thread Eric Fleischman
Ill weigh in here a bit.. I would argue there are lots of types of stress one can put on a DC and no single metric measures everything. In my brain, I typically first go through the following checklist of sorts to figure out what Im looking at when testing a given DC: 0) Will the

[ActiveDir] how to identify the servers (Domain Controllers) using File Replication service - - - And how to enable/disable FRS service on these servers

2004-05-09 Thread Durairaj K. Avasi
AD Gurus:: I hope all had very good weekend.. Here is my requirement where I stuck and I need your hand on this In short: This is what I want: Script 1: identify the servers (Domain Controllers) using File Replication service (FRS). Script 2: Disable these found in Script 1.

RE: [ActiveDir] how to identify the servers (Domain Controllers) using File Replication service - - - And how to enable/disable FRS service on these servers

2004-05-09 Thread Eric Fleischman
Repadmin will identify all DCs that host a particular naming context (or in forest, or site, or.etc.). That said, there are a couple of caveats here: 1) a non-DC could be using FRS (say for an FRS replica set behind DFS) 2) a DC could host more than one replica set (SYSVOL, of course,

[ActiveDir] Branch Office Backup

2004-05-09 Thread Noah Eiger
Hello: I am looking for some suggestions about tape (or other media) backups for branch offices. Our main offices have DLT Autoloaders running Backup Exec. We have several field offices 5-15 users with 20 60 GB of data. Servers run redundant IDE drives. The current front runner is

RE: [ActiveDir] Branch Office Backup

2004-05-09 Thread Brian Desmond
Noah- You say you have 20 - 60GB of data, these TR5 cartridges will do 5GB. How do you forsee them being useful? I'd think a DLT IV would be best here in 35/70 config. --Brian -Original Message- From: Noah Eiger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sun 5/9/2004

Re: [ActiveDir] LDAP stress tool for AD 2003

2004-05-09 Thread Steve Schofield
Good questions Eric, there will be five DC's in this site that will be doing authentication. Exchange server and DC's that are dedicated to exchange are in another site. The main type of authentication will be two types, regular logins via a logon on a client, others will be LDAP enabled

RE: [ActiveDir] LDAP stress tool for AD 2003

2004-05-09 Thread Eric Fleischman
I've dissected a bit and put some info inline. I'm a bit tired so sorry if it is a bit incoherent. ;) Eric (would have been ~Eric but Joe's been making fun of that as of late ;)) Eric Fleischman Escalation Engineer Platforms Critical Problem Resolution (CPR) - Directory Services -Original

RE: [ActiveDir] LDAP stress tool for AD 2003

2004-05-09 Thread Rick Kingslan
Rick has given me a very bad reputation of being mean or something. Oh, for crying out loud. I haven't been POSTING much. I still READ! Eric, joe is a pretty nice guy. Just socially unacceptable. At Summit, we had to keep him away from females, sharp objects, and alcohol. Plus, he farts a

[ActiveDir] Microsoft Reward Program Helps Lead to Information Resulting in A rrest Related to Sasser Internet Worm

2004-05-09 Thread mathif
Title: Microsoft Reward Program Helps Lead to Information Resulting in Arrest Related to Sasser Internet Worm Microsoft Reward Program Helps Lead to Information Resulting in Arrest Related to Sasser Internet Worm: German police have arrested an 18-year-old man who confessed to creating the