[ActiveDir] Integrating IIS and AD

2005-08-09 Thread MeWe
Hmm.. I was thinking.. I am not so familiar with Server 2003. I have 4 servers.. And 2 of them are running the domain. and the last 2 is ment for IISSo here is my question, how do i integrade the 4 servers into each other? and is it possible, to integrade AD and IIS if they are running on

RE: [ActiveDir] Integrating IIS and AD

2005-08-09 Thread Ken Schaefer
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MeWe Subject: [ActiveDir] Integrating IIS and AD : I have 4 servers.. : And 2 of them are running the domain. and the last 2 : is ment for IIS So here is my question, how do i : integrade the

Re: [ActiveDir] Integrating IIS and AD

2005-08-09 Thread Tomasz Onyszko
MeWe wrote: Hmm.. I was thinking.. I am not so familiar with Server 2003. I have 4 servers.. And 2 of them are running the domain. and the last 2 is ment for IIS So here is my question, how do i integrade the 4 servers into each other? and is it possible, to integrade AD and IIS if they are

RE: [ActiveDir] Integrating IIS and AD

2005-08-09 Thread Almeida Pinto, Jorge de
I presume you are asking how can I make the IIS servers use the user accounts and groups in AD? If that is the question The answer is: * Add those IIS servers to the AD domain (right click my computer, select properties, click on tab computername, click on change, select domain, enter

[ActiveDir] OT: RIS client failing to join domain

2005-08-09 Thread Dan Stanford
Sorry to bug the list with this one, but I am currently pulling large bunches of hair out trying to fix it. I have RIS set up on a fresh install of 2003, and certain clients (well most of them) are failing to join the domain during the build process. I have installed any NIC drivers to i386 and

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

2005-08-09 Thread Smith, Brad
Title: DCPromo Answer fileno DNS. Thanks Brian/Dan, this is now up and running perfectly. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan HolmeSent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 8:00 PMTo: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.orgSubject: RE: [ActiveDir] DCPromo Answer fileno

RE: [ActiveDir] Virtual Domain Controllers

2005-08-09 Thread Smith, Brad
Title: Virtual Domain Controllers We run multiple DC's on GSX and ESX. Eveyrthing seems have gone fine so far, and MS will give their best endeavours on support. Most of the time they don't even ask us if the DC is virtual ;-) Also, ensure that the time sync capability is disabled in the

[ActiveDir] OT - NT System Policy Leftovers

2005-08-09 Thread Lucia Washaya
Return Receipt Your [ActiveDir] OT - NT System Policy Leftovers document :

Re: [ActiveDir] AD migration

2005-08-09 Thread Tom Kern
Sorry to keep harping- but if you have a trust between a child win2k domain in one forest with a root or child domain in another forest, does this use wins or dns. i know this is not a real forest trust and more like an external trust in that its not transitive and uses ntlm and NOT kerberos, but

[ActiveDir] Replication Question

2005-08-09 Thread Carerros, Charles
Alright, I'm noticing something that I think is odd and I was wondering if I'm just losing it. We have an multi-domain empty root forest structure and I'm the DA of one of those child domains. Also, our network is not fully routed. (Although my domain is fully routed.) I have a few DCs where

[ActiveDir] Replication White paper

2005-08-09 Thread John Parker
Hello and good day... I was wondering if someone could direct me to a white paper that would give me a go to on how to setup a fallback exchange server. Basically I just want to setup an identical server and have the data from my front side exchange box replicated to the back house exchange

RE: [ActiveDir] Replication Question

2005-08-09 Thread Marcus.Oh
AFAIK topology is a ring. All servers issue pull replication... so they don't necessarily need a one-to-one relationship or bidirectional flow. DC03 for example - replicates with DC01, DC01 replicates with DC02, DC02 replicates with DC03... :m:dsm:cci:mvp -Original Message- From:

RE: [ActiveDir] Replication White paper

2005-08-09 Thread Michael B. Smith
That capability is not present in the current Exchange product. There are a number of third party solutions that fill the feature void. Probably NeverFail and DoubleTake are the most visible solutions in that space. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

RE: [ActiveDir] Preferred Bridgeheads

2005-08-09 Thread Dean Wells
The other David pretty much covered it with perhaps the exception of Virtual DCs; in the past I'vetended to avoid placing intersite load on Virtual DCs though I prefer to achieve sucha result using staging/lag/latent (or whichever term you prefer) sites assuming the customer in question

[ActiveDir] OT: quick cluster question

2005-08-09 Thread Jason Benway
On a windows 2003 cluster running A/P. If you manually failover the cluster. I would think the passive node would not show the shared drive in 'My Computer' but on my new cluster they do, but they are not accessible. If I reboot the passive node, they don't show in 'My Computer' This cluster is

Re: [ActiveDir] Loosing Printer Connectivity on clients regularly - W2K3 LAN

2005-08-09 Thread Peter Jessop
It would be helpful to know exactly how the print queues are mounted and what you mean by 'lose printer connectivity'

Re: [ActiveDir] OT: quick cluster question

2005-08-09 Thread Peter Jessop
This is the case at least with Windows 2000.

RE: [ActiveDir] Replication Question

2005-08-09 Thread Carerros, Charles
I think what was just throwing me off is all conceptual. I was wondering why DC03 and DC04 don't replicate but now I think I figured it out. The sites they are in aren't adjacent and because we aren't fully routed we prevented the creation of non-adjacent links to be established unless we do

RE: [ActiveDir] Preferred Bridgeheads

2005-08-09 Thread David Cliffe
Thanks for your comments David A. and Dean :-) You may have surmised my reason for asking. We have a few sites where a single preferred BH has been designated and although it puzzled me, I never really questioned it before. Our enivornment is such that this seems unnecessary, so it's time

[ActiveDir] OT: VP Programming in Access

2005-08-09 Thread Salandra, Justin A.
I need some programming help How do I get this to work, I have a form and when I click a button I want it to place in the date in a date field if there is no date there, if there is a date there then I don't want it to do anythying If Date_Created is null then Date_Created = Date Else

RE: [ActiveDir] AD migration

2005-08-09 Thread Rick Kingslan
Really, it uses neither. The NetBT is involved, but because we are on (at present) untrusted domains and forests, WINS isn't going to work. Typically, this is done with an LMHosts file in the \Drivers\ETC directory. The records are going to be very specific, as they will define the domain of the

RE: [ActiveDir] Replication Question

2005-08-09 Thread Marcus.Oh
That must be why I drink so much of it! :m:dsm:cci:mvp -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carerros, Charles Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 10:59 AM To: 'ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org' Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Replication Question I think

Re: [ActiveDir] AD migration

2005-08-09 Thread Tom Kern
why can't you just use stub zones or conditional forwarding for this to work? or if NetBT is involved, can you just configure your wins servers to replicate? I thought wins replication had nothing to do with NT security. you just enter the ip of the partner servers... Thanks On 8/9/05, Rick

[ActiveDir] Adding custom fields to AD

2005-08-09 Thread Steve Shaff
Group, My manager wanted me to check, even though, I don't think that it is possible, but, I will present the question. He would like to add some custom fields, about 30, to AD. He would like to add bio information into AD to be pulled by Sharepoint and other applications for people to read.

RE: [ActiveDir] Replication White paper

2005-08-09 Thread John Parker
Thank you... We are looking into the Failover solution. John Parker, MCSE IS Admin. Senior Technical Specialist Alpha Display Systems. Alpha Video 7711 Computer Ave. Edina, MN. 55435 952-896-9898 Local 800-388-0008 Watts 952-896-9899 Fax 612-804-8769 Cell 952-841-3327 Direct [EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: quick cluster question

2005-08-09 Thread Rick Kingslan
This, too, has been my experience with Windows Server 2003 in a SAN (EMC) environment. Rick From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Jessop Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 9:19 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] OT: quick

RE: [ActiveDir] AD migration

2005-08-09 Thread Rick Kingslan
Tom, The solution that I gave you is the only one that I know of. If you are able to get DNS to work (doubtful) or are able to get WINS to replicate across a trust that at the present time doesn't exist, more power to you. However, given the trials and tribulations that you have discussed with

RE: [ActiveDir] Adding custom fields to AD

2005-08-09 Thread Rick Kingslan
Certainly it is possible. And, it's not overly difficult to DO, but the upfront planning that SHOULD be done can be tedious. Remember - this is the schema. My opinion - and it seems to be free today (as if I've ever been afraid to give it...) - This is a job that just screams SQL server. I

[ActiveDir] OT: VB Programming in Access

2005-08-09 Thread Salandra, Justin A.
I need some programming help How do I get this to work, I have a form and when I click a button I want it to place in the date in a date field if there is no date there, if there is a date there then I don't want it to do anythying If Date_Created is null then Date_Created = Date Else

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: VB Programming in Access

2005-08-09 Thread Rick Kingslan
Justin, I know we go off-topic at times, but I suspect that VB assistance, not related to ADSI programming, might be stretching it a bit. That's just my take. There are forums and newsgroups (the VB NG hosted by MSFT for one) that are going to be much more responsive to your need in this case.

RE: [ActiveDir] Adding custom fields to AD

2005-08-09 Thread Coleman, Hunter
...or ADAM. These kinds of requests have a tendency to creep beyond the original scope, which can have unintended consequences if the upfront planning falls short. Hunter -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Kingslan Sent: Tuesday,

[ActiveDir] NT 4 Permissions

2005-08-09 Thread Salandra, Justin A.
It has been a while I have had to deal with this, but I am about to migrate another one of my domains and I have a question about NT 4 Share and NTFS Permissions. Is it the same in NT as it is in 2000/2003 that the scenario below is true Root Folder - NTFS Everyone Full Control, Share

RE: [ActiveDir] NT 4 Permissions

2005-08-09 Thread Rick Kingslan
Correct. Effective permissions for anyone who is a member of Domains Users is READ on the files in the folder. Rick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Salandra, Justin A. Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 1:00 PM To:

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: VB Programming in Access

2005-08-09 Thread Rick Kingslan
This is the web-based forums in the MSDN Community: http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=32 Cheers! Rick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Salandra, Justin A. Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 1:04 PM To:

RE: [ActiveDir] NT 4 Permissions

2005-08-09 Thread Salandra, Justin A.
As well as the folders in the in the folders right? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Kingslan Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 2:14 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] NT 4 Permissions Correct. Effective

RE: [ActiveDir] NT 4 Permissions

2005-08-09 Thread Marcus.Oh
Yep. Anytime you have ntfs and share perms, the most restrictive wins. :m:dsm:cci:mvp -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Salandra, Justin A. Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 2:00 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] NT 4

RE: [ActiveDir] Virtual Domain Controllers

2005-08-09 Thread Seely Jonathan J
Title: Virtual Domain Controllers Thanks, Brad. That is very good to hear. I also appreciate the tips. JJ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Smith, BradSent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 3:09 AMTo: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.orgSubject: RE: [ActiveDir] Virtual

RE: [ActiveDir] AD migration

2005-08-09 Thread Bernard, Aric
Tom, While I am sure that Rick has some document in which using LMHosts files are identified as a best practice, I can assure you that it is quite feasible to use WINS to accomplish the name resolution requirement for the task at hand: creating an external trust between two domains with different

RE: [ActiveDir] NT 4 Permissions

2005-08-09 Thread Rick Kingslan
Yes - as long as NTFS inheritance of permission is not disrupted. Rick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Salandra, Justin A. Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 1:23 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] NT 4 Permissions

[ActiveDir] Kerberos Delegation

2005-08-09 Thread Free, Bob
We have a developer who wants us to allow delegation for a couple of SQL servers and their service accounts so he can do distributed queries across linked servers. This is new ground for us from an AD perspective that I have just started researching and I'd like to hear other's thoughts, policies

Re: [ActiveDir] AD migration

2005-08-09 Thread Tom Kern
Sorry, I wasn't trying to be tricky. I actually suggested the lmhosts solution but the consultants from ibm who are planning the migration with MS are going the dns route. MS hacked the formerly AD-intergrated dns from the root zone to be a standard primary zone for our domain for this

RE: [ActiveDir] Kerberos Delegation

2005-08-09 Thread Bernard, Aric
Assuming that you are aware of what constrained delegation is, how it operates, and what it should be used for... Anytime you allow someone or something to impersonate, err, act on behalf of another security principal, there is always cause for concern. Constrained delegation certainly provides

RE: [ActiveDir] Adding custom fields to AD

2005-08-09 Thread joseph.e.kaplan
The downside of both of these approaches (SQL and ADAM) is that they require some sync of accounts. One nice thing about putting the data into AD is that it is just there for applications to consume if they need it. Your accounts follow your normal account management process. No additional sync

RE: [ActiveDir] Kerberos Delegation

2005-08-09 Thread Rick Kingslan
Bob, Make no mistake - I'm really not a fan of allowing Act as part of the operating system or the Impersonation privilege. That being said - from the work that I have done with other web developers needing access to SQL or application servers, constrained delegation is the best method that I

RE: [ActiveDir] Kerberos Delegation

2005-08-09 Thread joseph.e.kaplan
Do you have details on the accounts that will be delegated? With constrained delegation, it is pretty straightforward to limit which accounts can delegate to which other services, but you might want to be very careful about limiting who gets delegated. One really good idea is marking all the

RE: [ActiveDir] AD migration

2005-08-09 Thread Rick Kingslan
Tom, Argumentative - no. Tricky, no - I didn't think that at all. (*Trick* is an old racing term of mine that leaks out now and again Simply means doing something others don't do... It's not a bad term at all). As Bernard pointed out - there's a thing or two that I didn't account for. He

RE: [ActiveDir] Kerberos Delegation

2005-08-09 Thread Free, Bob
Assuming that you are aware of what constrained delegation is, how it operates, and what it should be used for... That's the point of my query, I certainly don't understand all I know about it and we have never allowed it, at this point I have just begun to scratch the surface. I was totally

RE: [ActiveDir] AD migration

2005-08-09 Thread joe
I didn't read the entire thread so maybe this is answered but this stuck out to me, why isn't WINS going to work? WINS replication nor name resolution doesn't require any trusts nor even authentication. It is all entirely unauthenticated with replication being handled through IP address based

RE: [ActiveDir] Kerberos Delegation

2005-08-09 Thread joseph.e.kaplan
Rick, I agree with your points on CD, but what are you talking about here with Act as part of the operating system? That doesn't need to get enabled anywhere to use constrained delegation. Generally, that only tends to get added to accounts on Windows 2000 that need to call the LogonUser API,

RE: [ActiveDir] AD migration

2005-08-09 Thread Rick Kingslan
U Well, one - I like simplicity. Two, I'm not a big fan of WINS. If all we're trying to do is to establish trust for a migration... Besides, Bernard has already been here to show me the error of my ways, Thank you. ;o) Rick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [ActiveDir] Problem at remote site

2005-08-09 Thread Jennifer Fountain
I ended up sending another Dc to the site so I could just readd this server to the domain but AD will not start on that box. I keep getting an error - rpc server unavailable. We have approx 9 DCs (4 at HQ and one at each remote site). We have dcs at our other remote sites (diagram below):

RE: [ActiveDir] Kerberos Delegation

2005-08-09 Thread Bernard, Aric
Bob, As Rick and Joe mentioned, as far as allowing a system to do something on behalf of a user, constrained delegation is a pretty good solution. Your developers need as I understand it is as follows: User connects to a front application server (i.e. web server) and authenticates to that server

RE: [ActiveDir] AD migration

2005-08-09 Thread joe
A it is a personal aversion to WINS at the crux here... I see. ;o) WINS is great, I loved it. I ran a huge WINS architecture and it ran well, but then it was well configured and well monitored. MS didn't make it easy to monitor it, actually I think they tried everything they could to make it so

RE: [ActiveDir] AD migration

2005-08-09 Thread Bernard, Aric
Don't worry Kingslan, I won't hold anything against you! ;) LOL Aric Bernard -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Kingslan Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 2:52 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] AD migration

RE: [ActiveDir] Problem at remote site

2005-08-09 Thread Steve Linehan
What OS is the new DC running Windows Server 2003 SP1? Do you have a firewall in-between the remote site and HQ? Thanks, -Steve -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jennifer Fountain Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 4:54 PM To:

RE: [ActiveDir] Kerberos Delegation

2005-08-09 Thread Rick Kingslan
Correct - we're on the same page. Simply an example of things that I don't like that have been used in the past to allow systems to act upon another by issuing token-based methods. Rick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [ActiveDir] Problem at remote site

2005-08-09 Thread Rick Kingslan
Jennifer, RPC Server is Unavailable screams Name Resolution problem to me. Have you done a NetDiag or DCDiag on either of these systems? AD can replicate over a modem connection - I've done it connections with as little as 64k available to small sites (not my choice) as long as IP is available

RE: [ActiveDir] AD migration

2005-08-09 Thread Bernard, Aric
LOL - I probably would not have this problem if I spelled my first name correctly. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joe Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 3:02 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] AD migration A it is a

RE: [ActiveDir] Adding custom fields to AD

2005-08-09 Thread joe
I am going to basically say what the other said only I am going to put it this way IF the data needs to be available at all locations or a majority of locations where your domain controllers are located, consider adding the data to AD. IF the data is going to be needed only at a couple of sites

Re: [ActiveDir] AD migration

2005-08-09 Thread Tom Kern
Do you mean check off associate with external account on the user attrib? Also, how do they see the GAL in the old forest? How does outlook in the new domain find the gc's in the old domain(i think the answer to this is when it points to the exchange server in the old forest, dsproxy will direct

RE: [ActiveDir] AD migration

2005-08-09 Thread Rick Kingslan
Ack! Aric, sorry about that.. I think that I've been almost fooled by that once before and caught myself. The other problem is the format that Outlook displays names in. Some are Firstname Lastname i.e. 'Jennifer Fountain' (or just firstname / nickname / pseudonym, i.e. 'joe') or Lastname,

RE: [ActiveDir] Kerberos Delegation

2005-08-09 Thread Free, Bob
Aric- (Also trying to answer Joe K's questions) The developer owns all 3 of the SQL servers involved so he definitely has a vested interest in the integrity of the data on the SQL servers. SQL server runs under a domain service account only used on them. They just wanted me to create the SPN's

RE: [ActiveDir] Kerberos Delegation

2005-08-09 Thread Ken Schaefer
You may want to have Kerberos authentication all the way through, rather than using Protocol Transition. At least in the IIS world, protocol transition involves running your worker processes as LocalSystem rather than any other account, which is yet another security issue you need to manage.

RE: [ActiveDir] Kerberos Delegation

2005-08-09 Thread joseph.e.kaplan
Agreed here. If you don't need protocol transition, don't use it. This normally only comes up in situations where you have to use Basic auth on the web tier for an Internet-based scenario or something like that. If the web server can use IWA, then you can go Kerberos end to end. Joe K.

RE: [ActiveDir] Kerberos Delegation

2005-08-09 Thread joseph.e.kaplan
I think you've basically got it. Constrained is the way to go. You might consider implementing unconstrained at first for some testing to make sure you can get it working with the less complicated scenario, but you want to end up using constrained delegation in the final version. I would like

RE: [ActiveDir] Adding custom fields to AD

2005-08-09 Thread Rick Kingslan
joe, You hit the nail on the head with what my problem is with this whole thread - we're dumping crap into AD that really doesn't belong there. Seriously, the data needs to be available to a SharePoint server and some other apps, unless I read something wrong (wouldn't be the first time

[ActiveDir] Maurice McNeill is out of the office.

2005-08-09 Thread MMcNeill
I will be out of the office starting 08/10/2005 and will not return until 08/15/2005. I will respond to your message when I return. List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ: http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive:

RE: [ActiveDir] AD migration

2005-08-09 Thread Rick Kingslan
See inline below Rick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Kern Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 5:32 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] AD migration Do you mean check off associate with external account on the

RE: [ActiveDir] Adding custom fields to AD

2005-08-09 Thread joe
I'm sure that if we tried, the TerraServer could be served by a few optimized ADAM servers, don't you think? I realize this is tongue in cheek but no I don't think it would be good. I am not of the opinion that everything should go into an LDAP Store. LDAP isn't really designed for easily