[ActiveDir] Control Delgation

2005-07-29 Thread Za Vue
I have two users in the Account Operators group. I delegated full control for AD Sites and Services. I want to allow them to have the ability to manually force DC replications. They are getting an Access Denied when they tried to force replication. Where else did I not do correctly?

RE: [ActiveDir] _gc and _ldap SRV records

2005-07-29 Thread Marcus.Oh
Title: [ActiveDir] _gc and _ldap SRV records So reading this am I correct in this interpretation? I should remove the _msdcs domain from xyz.root and instead create a new zone called _msdcs, cycle netlogon to force registration of records? :m:dsm:cci:mvp From: [EMAIL

RE : [ActiveDir] Control Delgation

2005-07-29 Thread TIROA YANN
Hi From a search in the acctivedir archives with the key words Replication Delegating, you'll find Jorge's answer for delegating replicaton to a non-admin user. From the delegation wp: Replication Management Tasks Force replication between two servers Extended right Replication

[ActiveDir] OT: MIIS, ADAM, AD

2005-07-29 Thread Ken Cornetet
We have an upcoming project which will require an LDAP directory containing both our internal users, and our extranet users. Currently, our internal users are in one AD domain, the extranet users are in another. The domains are in separate forests, and there are no trusts. My plan is to

RE: [ActiveDir] _gc and _ldap SRV records

2005-07-29 Thread Almeida Pinto, Jorge de
creating a separate zone for _MSDCS.ForestRootDomain.tld is especially interesting in multiple domain forests. In single domain forests it is not needed as all DCs in the domain with DNS already get the info through the zone ForestRootDomain.tld. Although not needed I always configure a

RE: [ActiveDir] Control Delgation

2005-07-29 Thread Almeida Pinto, Jorge de
grin yep... that is what I would have said../grin ;-)) #JORGE# From: TIROA YANN [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri 7/29/2005 3:31 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE : [ActiveDir] Control Delgation Hi From a search in the acctivedir archives

[ActiveDir] Security Groups vs. Distribution Groups

2005-07-29 Thread Christine Allen
We are running 2000 AD. I have two groups named the same. One group is a security group and one is a distribution. They are in different OU's. Can having a Management security group cause some type of issue with a Management Distribution group in ad? The Management distirbution group

[ActiveDir] DCPromo Answer file....no DNS.

2005-07-29 Thread Smith, Brad
Title: DCPromo Answer fileno DNS. Hii All, I have set up a Win2K domain (single DC, SP3) and have joined a Win2K3 member server. I have promoted the W2K3 Member server using a dcpromo answer file, but cannot seem to force it to install DNS. Any ideas ?? Brad PS: Answer file below.

RE: [ActiveDir] Security Groups vs. Distribution Groups

2005-07-29 Thread Al Mulnick
It shouldn't cause you a problem. The reason is because they don't have the same name other than the displayname. Everything else should be different. Al From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Christine Allen Sent: Fri 7/29/2005 10:24 AM To:

RE: [ActiveDir] Event Log Question

2005-07-29 Thread Carerros, Charles
Here is the link. http://www.goatstore.com/eventlogs.zip Thanks, Charlie -Original Message- From: Carerros, Charles [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 9:26 AM To: 'ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org' Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Event Log Question With the number of

RE: [ActiveDir] _gc and _ldap SRV records

2005-07-29 Thread Kern, Tom
Title: [ActiveDir] _gc and _ldap SRV records Whats the difference or adverse affects of just making a secondary copy of the root domain zone on every dns server in a multi domain forest as that zone contains the _MSDC.forestrootdomaim zone instead of partitioning just the _MSDC zone?

[ActiveDir] UDP vs TCP

2005-07-29 Thread Devan Pala
Hi, Does anyone know if its possible to tweak a domain controller so that authentication requests from a client that exceed 2000 bytes (not sure if thats the default for Windows 2000 domains XP) may be authenitcated by the DC. I know its possible with a regisrty hack on the client by

RE : [ActiveDir] OT: MIIS, ADAM, AD

2005-07-29 Thread TIROA YANN
Hello, We use MIIS 2003 to synchronise users identity between AD2003, openldap, Oracle 9i, and that works pretty good. MIIS includes preintegrated directory to manage such as ADAM, novell edirectory, Active Directory, DSML, Oracle 9i, and many more called Management Agents (MA) or connectors.

RE: [ActiveDir] UDP vs TCP

2005-07-29 Thread Ken Cornetet
We just push this registry setting out to all of our workstations: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\Kerberos\Parame ters] MaxPacketSize=dword:0001 This forces all kerberos traffic to use TCP. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] UDP vs TCP

2005-07-29 Thread Rick Kingslan
Devan, I'm still poking around for a more authoritative answer, but I don't believe that there is a 'server side' setting for changing that behavior. To really understand why, think about who needs to authenticate with who. It's not the server starting the conversation ;o) Rick

RE: [ActiveDir] UDP vs TCP

2005-07-29 Thread Devan Pala
Hi Rick, I absolutely agree but I was hoping there was a way to set this variable on the server side. Worse scenario this may have to be tweaked client-side. By forcing these clients to authenticate using TCP does it add latency to the authentication process when they return to their home

RE: [ActiveDir] UDP vs TCP

2005-07-29 Thread Ken Cornetet
No latency. Like I said, we just push that registry setting out to all users. I've never seen a difference when logging in. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Devan Pala Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 11:26 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org

RE: [ActiveDir] UDP vs TCP

2005-07-29 Thread Devan Pala
Cool, Thanks Firefox - Rediscover the web Original Message Follows From: Ken Cornetet [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] UDP vs TCP Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 11:32:31 -0500 No latency. Like I said,

[ActiveDir] GPO to enable a service at restart

2005-07-29 Thread David J. Kinsella
Hi, We need the Fast User Switching Service to start automatically when we restart a client but of course this is disabled as it is part of a domain. Is there anyway to use GPO, scripts etc to exert a control over Windows Services? Thanks guys,

RE: [ActiveDir] GPO to enable a service at restart

2005-07-29 Thread Darren Mar-Elia
A startup script is probably your best bet. Alternatively, you can use Services Security policy to change the startup state of a service, which will give you what you need at reboot. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David J. KinsellaSent: Friday, July 29,

Re: [ActiveDir] OT: MIIS, ADAM, AD

2005-07-29 Thread Phil Renouf
MIIS looks pretty complex, but it is something that can be figured out (I've gotten it working so it can't be that hard ;) The thing I found with MIIS is that things aren't where you think they would be, and some switches/options do things that you're not expecting. There are some good Q articles

RE: [ActiveDir] Security Groups vs. Distribution Groups

2005-07-29 Thread Almeida Pinto, Jorge de
each group in AD (distribution and/or security) must have a unique samaccountname (pre-windows 2000 name) within the domain and must have a unique common name within a container/OU. Your groups have the same common name and they can exist because they are in separate OUs. That's OK. Moving

RE: [ActiveDir] _gc and _ldap SRV records

2005-07-29 Thread Almeida Pinto, Jorge de
the difference is the number of records in the zone that are replicated or transfered. Creating a separate zone for _MSDCS.ForestRootDomain.tld only replicates or transfers that contents instead of replicating everything in ForestRootDomain.tld I'm not sure if I understand your

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: MIIS, ADAM, AD

2005-07-29 Thread Matt Brown
I have MIIS, but have not used it for our OpenLDAP to Active Directory Sync. Before I got MIIS I wrote python scripts to sync our LDAP with our Active Directory. I don't sync passwords via the scripts, because we I have another PHP script that sets the user password on both directories when

[ActiveDir] Question about Kerberos Errors

2005-07-29 Thread Rachui, Scott
I have a question about Kerberos that I hope you guy can help me with. In our environment, our client base (servers and workstations) has a different DNS name than the domain where their authenticating DCs reside. They are members of the same Active Directory domain, but due to decisions

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: MIIS, ADAM, AD

2005-07-29 Thread Marcus.Oh
One of the best MIIS lists I've found is [EMAIL PROTECTED] As far as books, haven't found one. I think MIIS now finally offered as a MOC course. :m:dsm:cci:mvp -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phil Renouf Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 1:30

[ActiveDir] Search User Accounts for Password Reset Date

2005-07-29 Thread bonnie . pohlschneider
Title: Search User Accounts for Password Reset Date I know it's possible to search user accounts for the Last logged in date but is it possible to generate a list of the date and time each user account is set to expire? On our old domain, Novell (gag) would display the time and date that a

[ActiveDir] Urgh... troubleshooting....

2005-07-29 Thread vex
Greetings, I've been a lurker here for quite some time and have had a relatively quiet AD until recently. We have a small network with 2K servers and a mix of 2K and XP2 workstations. Until recently, everything was find. Then Something Happened. I'm not sure what started the ball rolling, but

RE: [ActiveDir] Urgh... troubleshooting....

2005-07-29 Thread Bruyere, Michel
May look strange but are you running McAfee 8.0i?? Got someone that had something similar and the TDI driver of VS8 was the culprit... -Message d'origine- De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:ActiveDir- [EMAIL PROTECTED] De la part de vex Envoyé : Friday, July 29, 2005 4:15 PM À :

RE: [ActiveDir] Urgh... troubleshooting....

2005-07-29 Thread Free, Bob
Michel- Care to elaborate? We have 8.0i in the lab and I haven't noticed any ill effects on the DC's but this certainly caught my eye as we are scheduled to move it over to production soon. Thanks Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

RE: [ActiveDir] Urgh... troubleshooting....

2005-07-29 Thread Figueroa, Johnny
What happens when you run DCDIAG from the broken DC ? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Free, Bob Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 1:32 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Urgh... troubleshooting Michel- Care to

RE: [ActiveDir] Urgh... troubleshooting....

2005-07-29 Thread WILLIAMS, J.D.
Anything in the event logs? Is it possible that it was messed up by a virus, see odd processes running? Maybe try a root kit revealer. Were patches recently applied? Is the clock in sync with the other DCs? Thanks, JD -Original Message- From: vex [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: [ActiveDir] Urgh... troubleshooting....

2005-07-29 Thread jim . katoe
Make sure the DNs settings on the Server are correct in the up properties. If one of your servers or dc's is looking at wrong dns then you will have a problem. I Separately I had a similar problem in late April when I applied a security patch from MS. It fubared the tcpip stack with

[ActiveDir] Intra-forest migration

2005-07-29 Thread Chris Flesher
We are trying to reorganize our forest and move accounts to one domain with multiple child resource domains, mostly for political reasons that most Universities are familiar with. What tool(s) are available besides ADMTv2 to migrate users from one domain to another within the same forest?

[ActiveDir] Advice

2005-07-29 Thread Kern, Tom
I'm starting a new job in a week as a AD/Exchange engineer(I posted about my anxieties before on the list). This company used to outsource all their AD/Exchange infrastructure and now they want to take control of it. As it stands, their relationship with the outsourcing firm is rocky. While the

Re: [ActiveDir] Urgh... troubleshooting....

2005-07-29 Thread vex
Bruyere, Michel wrote: May look strange but are you running McAfee 8.0i?? Got someone that had something similar and the TDI driver of VS8 was the culprit... No McAfee products on site, but I *did* just upgrade that server to Pervasive 8. But according to my notes, the problem was occuring

RE: [ActiveDir] Urgh... troubleshooting....

2005-07-29 Thread Figueroa, Johnny
Found this, under Troubleshooting Active Directory : http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/Operations/d87e1c8f-2e6b-4ce3-b72b-7108acc6aecb.mspxMore to the point there are some special security checks in DCDIAG for 2003 SP1 that may be able to help. From the

RE: [ActiveDir] Advice

2005-07-29 Thread Robert Williams \(RRE\)
My own opinion is that the organization should demand from the consulting firm the administrator password or an equal account immediately (as in, while they are on the phone with the person before even hanging up). Robert Williams, MCSE NT4/2K/2K3, Security+ Infrastructure Rapid Response Engineer

RE: [ActiveDir] Intra-forest migration

2005-07-29 Thread Rob Ryan
Weve been using the Quest migration suite lately and have had pretty good success the biggest selling point for me was that, unlike ADMT and the NetIQ (which are pretty much one in the same except NetIQ will let you undo and is supposed to actually work :D) was that it did a

Re: [ActiveDir] Advice

2005-07-29 Thread Phil Renouf
I second this. My first order of business would be to get a Domain/Enterprise admin account shortly followed by whatever documentation they have (or whatever they are willing to give you). The documentation will be light (or non-existant), but you should ask for it anyway. Phil On 7/29/05,

RE: [ActiveDir] Urgh... troubleshooting....

2005-07-29 Thread Rob Ryan
I've seen issues with McAfee both with the Buffer Overflow checker hanging DC's and with the scanner causing contention on the DIT files themselves that were solved once we rebooted and excluded those directories from the scan. If you're using a 3rd party backup tool that might be trying to

Re: [ActiveDir] Intra-forest migration

2005-07-29 Thread Phil Renouf
ADMT pretty much has the functionality of the good 3rd party migration tools as far as migrations and security translations go. Where the 3rd party tools shine is in complex migration schedules, migrations with complex servers (SQL, IIS etc.) and they tend to offer easier/better reporting/logging.

Re: [ActiveDir] Urgh... troubleshooting....

2005-07-29 Thread vex
Original Message From: Figueroa, Johnny To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 3:24 PM Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Urgh... troubleshooting Found this, under Troubleshooting Active Directory :

Re: [ActiveDir] OT: MIIS, ADAM, AD

2005-07-29 Thread Phil Renouf
There is a MOC course for MIIS and another one that touches on MIIS while going over Security and Access Management: 2731: Deploying and Managing Microsoft(r) Identity Integration Server 2003 http://www.microsoft.com/learning/syllabi/en-us/2731afinal.mspx 2804: Microsoft(r) Security Guidance

Re: [ActiveDir] Intra-forest migration

2005-07-29 Thread Phil Renouf
The Quest tool copies the user? I didn't know that was possible, all Intraforest migrations I have seen have been moves. Phil On 7/29/05, Rob Ryan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We've been using the Quest migration suite lately and have had pretty good success – the biggest selling point for me

Re: [ActiveDir] turn off replication to a DC in same site

2005-07-29 Thread Brett Shirley
Man, last night I must've been feeling brazen (or bored), because I usually don't tell customers about disabling replication, esp. not how to do in the entire forest in one whack ... esp. not on a forum ... some warnings last nights mail should've come with ... Warning 1: YOU MUST MUST MUST still

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: MIIS, ADAM, AD

2005-07-29 Thread Guy Teverovsky
I wonder whether anyone has tried the ADAM Synchronizer for similar scenarios: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=06787254-d7f4-4fff-8e02-2609956cb19edisplaylang=en The documentation is pretty vague about the way the target objects are created. Guy

RE: [ActiveDir] Question about Kerberos Errors

2005-07-29 Thread David Adner
This article may provide some help. The DNS suffix of the computer name of a new domain controller may not match the name of the domain after you install upgrade a Windows NT 4.0 Primary domain controller to Windows 2000 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;257623 From:

RE: [ActiveDir] Advice

2005-07-29 Thread Rick Kingslan
One thing, and one thing only that I can say to this: You cannot be responsible or be expected to run or manage this environment until you take control of the DCs and REMOVE any other principal from ALL DC and Exchange related groups - and add yourself to these groups (at least initially - we can

RE: [ActiveDir] Search User Accounts for Password Reset Date

2005-07-29 Thread Almeida Pinto, Jorge de
Determine the max time of the password in the password policy and retrieve the pwdLastSet attribute from each user. As the attribute pretends it is the moment the password was changes the last time Cheers #JORGE# From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of [EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] Intra-forest migration

2005-07-29 Thread Almeida Pinto, Jorge de
when doing intra forest migrations some tools are destructive menaing the old user account is deleted before the new one is created. Reason is with a intra forest migration the GUID does not change (SID does) the problem with this is it does not provide fallback. In fact it is a MOVE. As I

RE: [ActiveDir] Advice

2005-07-29 Thread Almeida Pinto, Jorge de
the first thing that comes up is: who is able to access a DC (as in logon locally or through TS). I'm not going forward with I want to say, because I don't want to give wrong ideas! Cheers #JORGE# From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Kern, Tom Sent: Sat

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: MIIS, ADAM, AD

2005-07-29 Thread Almeida Pinto, Jorge de
the only way I know of with the AD/AM sync is from AD to AD/AM and not the other way around. #JORGE# From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Guy Teverovsky Sent: Sat 7/30/2005 1:58 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: MIIS, ADAM, AD