[ActiveDir] OT: Top running processes?

2005-09-07 Thread Harding, Devon
Is there a tool or script that I can use to display the top running processes on a server? Command line or VBS. Devon Harding Windows Systems Engineer Southern Wine Spirits - BSG 954-602-2469 __This

RE: [ActiveDir] OU permissions for user object

2005-09-07 Thread joe
My personal and professional opinion? tick tick tick tick tick tick tick click bm You have a time bomb. Could be fine for a long time, could blow up entirely in your face tomorrow leaving only scattered parts of hands and feet or

RE: [ActiveDir] OU permissions for user object

2005-09-07 Thread Glen Miller
Joe! Great story! Consider a book! PS I really like the spleen thing cause your right you never really can tell. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joe Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 8:24 AM To:

RE: [ActiveDir] OU permissions for user object

2005-09-07 Thread Creamer, Mark
Hehewhere else can you get some much information *and* entertainment in one place! From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joe Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 9:24 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OU permissions for user

Re: [ActiveDir] Group policy security setting

2005-09-07 Thread Oliver Ryf
Charlie, I'm wondering whether you tried to specify this setting through the Internet Explorer Maintenance\Security\Security Zones and content Ratings\. There you can actually edit the setting you're looking for. Oliver Ryf Quest Cologne List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspxList FAQ :

RE: [ActiveDir] OU permissions for user object

2005-09-07 Thread Al Mulnick
Just for perspective, I can add another similar experience to Joe's. The difference was that the environment had 400 admins many of whom were unknown to those that should have known; add to that that DA was a fluid concept there. I had one admin (who wasn't supposed to be) brag about how he

Re: [ActiveDir] Moving forest root domains to child domains in another forest

2005-09-07 Thread Oliver Ryf
If one of your major motivations to consolidate ina single forest is getting the Exchange GAL, think about using Microsofts MIIS FeaturePack for AD or Quest Collaboration Services to get around this issue and keep your current structure. Oliver On 9/5/05, Tony Murray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I

Re: [ActiveDir] Rename Local Admin and Password Rest

2005-09-07 Thread Oliver Ryf
In the W2k resource kit there's a cool cmd tool called CUSRMGR.EXE which allows to script these things. Oliver On 9/5/05, ASB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/?File=Passwords.TXT And I really hope that those passwords and account names were merely examples...-ASBFAST,

Re: [ActiveDir] strange issue with(what else) Exchange(ot)

2005-09-07 Thread Phil Renouf
What version of Exchange are you working with? I think you mentioned that you have NetBIOS disabled, is that correct? I can confirm that in fact Exchange 2000 requires connectivity to the Schema Master FSMO role holder to install via /disasterrecovery. I've been told that this is not the case in

[ActiveDir] Where to begin...

2005-09-07 Thread Brian Atkins
Good Morning. I'm brand new to the list and am seeking assistance out of desperation/frustration. I think that I should preface my story with the statement that I am not an experienced Microsoft admin, but am partially filling a void in our organization. Most of my experience is Unix/Linux, but

Re: [ActiveDir] DNS resolution - prioritization

2005-09-07 Thread Kamlesh Parmar
Thanx that article helped a lot, something I was looking for optimizing the AD infrastructure overall. It has fleeting remarks that, DFSobey site boundaries, so thathelps a bit. I am still novice in DFS, now I need to know, is \\example.com\netlogon is part of domain DFS? is domain DFS enabled

Re: [ActiveDir] OT: Top running processes?

2005-09-07 Thread ASB
PSLIST TASKLIST http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/?File=Processes.TXT -ASB FAST, CHEAP, SECURE: Pick Any TWO http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/ On 9/7/05, Harding, Devon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a tool or script that I can use to display the top running processes on a server?

RE: [ActiveDir] Where to begin...

2005-09-07 Thread Al Mulnick
Brian, are you familiar with the netdiag and dcdiag utilities? You can find them on the domain controller (cmd line utilities). It helps if you use the /v switch and pipe it to a text file for later review. Something like netdiag /v c:\netdiage.txt would do it. Can you have a look at

RE: [ActiveDir] Where to begin...

2005-09-07 Thread Creamer, Mark
Are you running AD on Windows 2000 or 2003? Windows DNS or BIND? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Atkins Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 10:57 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] Where to begin... Good

Re: [ActiveDir] OT: Top running processes?

2005-09-07 Thread steve patrick
If the target is XP+ something like: wmic /output:data.htm path Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfProc_Process GET PercentProcessorTime,NAME /FORMAT:htable.xsl start data.htm Might work for you - you can even target machines remotely with the /NODE switch. Leave off the /format param if you

Re: [ActiveDir] Where to begin...

2005-09-07 Thread Peter Jessop
Brian I think that the problems you have may be DNS related and you need to check both the DNS servers themselves and the client configurations. You mentioned that you had corrected issues with the pointer records. This should not be necessary as the clients should register these dynamically. You

Re: [ActiveDir] Which ports to open in the DMZ to communicate with AD SQL...

2005-09-07 Thread ASB
Why did you decide to put it in the DMZ? -ASB On 9/7/05, Jason B [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We are putting a MS sharepoint server in the DMZ and need to have it on the domain and communicating with a SQL server on the domain. Because of these needs, we only want to open the minimum number of

Re: [ActiveDir] Which ports to open in the DMZ to communicate with AD SQL...

2005-09-07 Thread Jason B
Because this will be a sharepoint server for clients. Regardless, that decision has already been made and I don't have any input into it. Any info on the ports I'd need open? - Original Message - From: ASB [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Sent: Wednesday, September

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Top running processes?

2005-09-07 Thread Harding, Devon
This is good, but how do I a. get like the top 5 running processes and b. maybe a console output. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of steve patrick Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 11:25 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: Re: [ActiveDir]

Re: [ActiveDir] Which ports to open in the DMZ to communicate with AD SQL...

2005-09-07 Thread Phil Renouf
I would look at putting the Sharepoint server on the internal network and deploy an ISA server in the DMZ and use Web Publishing or Server Publishing to get your external clients access to the site. If you want to open access from the DMZ to your AD Forest your firewall will be swiss cheese from

Re: [ActiveDir] Where to begin...

2005-09-07 Thread Phil Renouf
I think it important to understand what type of domain is running here. Is it an NT4 domain, or is it Windows 2000/2003? I am assuming it is an Active Directory domain, but with the use of the PDC/BDC terminology I want to make sure. If it is Active Directory then in addition to the other good

RE: [ActiveDir] Which ports to open in the DMZ to communicate with AD SQL...

2005-09-07 Thread Al Mulnick
Disclaimer what you're doing is a horribly bad idea from a security perspective /Disclaimer You might have better luck setting up an IPSec tunnel from the DMZ host to the internal domain controllers, DNS servers (if different) and the SQL machine. You'd be even better off if you made it

[ActiveDir] NNTP

2005-09-07 Thread rubix cube
Hello I am facing the same problem but with Windows XP SP2, when I go to Add/Remove Windows Components, and choose teh IIS, inside I can't see the NNTP, I can see the common files, SMTP, WWW, all others but not NNTP, I tried to remove all the IIS and re-install with no use, re-installed SP2 then

Re: [ActiveDir] Which ports to open in the DMZ to communicate with AD SQL...

2005-09-07 Thread Jason B
I appreciate the replies... IPSec might be the way to go. The problem with self-containing all the services is that the SQL server that sharepoint needs to use is a DB that is also used internally - we need to share this DB and some of the files with clients. I think a better approach might

RE: [ActiveDir] NNTP

2005-09-07 Thread David Cliffe
Sorry this doesn't answer the NNTP question, but are you sure thatit is required for the Exchange 2003 management tools?? I've only found that SMTP is required for those...not sure why NNTP would be! -DaveC ReutersIST Service Delivery From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

RE: [ActiveDir] NNTP

2005-09-07 Thread Michael B. Smith
http://blogs.technet.com/exchange/archive/2004/06/07/150295.aspx It would be required in order to get the NNTP snap-in. Its part of the adminpack. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Cliffe Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 1:06 PM To:

RE: [ActiveDir] Which ports to open in the DMZ to communicate with AD SQL...

2005-09-07 Thread Brian Desmond
Agreed. In any case, you'll want to add to that list of ports 3268 for Global Catalog, your DCOM range, and if you have a CA deployed, 636 and 3269 for SSL LDAP and GC. Thanks, Brian Desmond [EMAIL PROTECTED] c - 312.731.3132 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [ActiveDir] OU permissions for user object

2005-09-07 Thread Laura E. Hunter
snip I would rather work 80 hours a week because I choose it than give out permissions that cause me to work 80 hours a week because I have to hold the environment together. / snip As joe-isms go, I think that one just became my favourite, and one to live by. Laura List info :

[ActiveDir] AD Sites and Services Question regarding share point servers

2005-09-07 Thread CHIANESE, DAVID
Title: AD Sites and Services Question regarding share point servers This question is regarding objects in AD sites and services. I see 2 objects in a site that are not domain controllers. The objects are share point servers and each has an object in the built in computers container. The only

Re: [ActiveDir] Where to begin...

2005-09-07 Thread Brian Atkins
I corrected the minor WINS issues, but I still have these outstanding: Starting test: NCSecDesc Error NT AUTHORITY\ENTERPRISE DOMAIN CONTROLLERS doesn't have Replicating Directory Changes All access rights for the naming context:

RE: [ActiveDir] AD Sites and Services Question regarding share point servers

2005-09-07 Thread Brian Desmond
Title: AD Sites and Services Question regarding share point servers MSMQ is an AD integrated service. Remember AD Sites and Services has the and services part. Things will show up in there exposing services which are AD integrated (e.g. MSMQ, Exchange, etc). Thanks, Brian Desmond

RE: [ActiveDir] Which ports to open in the DMZ to communicate with AD SQL...

2005-09-07 Thread Al Mulnick
One other variation to consider, would be to replicate data from internal to external. Depending on how much interaction you intend to have, you may also want a two way model for data, but.. Last thought: you may want to give Microsoft a call about that. They have the same software available

RE: [ActiveDir] NNTP

2005-09-07 Thread David Cliffe
Here I thought maybe it was just too many acronyms :) Good to know. Thanks Michael! -DaveC ReutersIST Service Delivery From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael B. SmithSent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 1:15 PMTo: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.orgSubject: RE:

RE: [ActiveDir] Where to begin...

2005-09-07 Thread Brian Desmond
Pull up ADSIEdit (startrunadsiedit.msc after you install the stuff in the support folder of the CD). Right click on the nc head for the partitions listed below and pull up the security tab there. Thanks, Brian Desmond [EMAIL PROTECTED] c - 312.731.3132 -Original Message- From:

RE: [ActiveDir] AD Sites and Services Question regarding share point servers

2005-09-07 Thread CHIANESE, DAVID
Title: Message Typically I have always seen MSMQServices under the services tab (View / Show services node) and it does reside there, as well as Microsoft Exchange. I do not recall ever seeing the server object under the Site / Servers / servername though. Although I do not view this as a

RE: [ActiveDir] AD Sites and Services Question regarding share point servers

2005-09-07 Thread CHIANESE, DAVID
Title: Message I just found an article: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/ServerHelp/2744bec1-cb37-4d89-b90e-8140f0f7d7de.mspx snip To set permissions for MSMQ Settings objects 1. Open Active Directory Sites and Services.

RE: [ActiveDir] Where to begin...

2005-09-07 Thread Al Mulnick
The error you're showing is often associated with a mismatch in dcdiag versions being used. If you did not run this directly on the server console, this might be easily corrected. As for DNS, I'm guessing that you have the unicity zone delegated then? How many servers is this in the AD

Re: [ActiveDir] Which ports to open in the DMZ to communicate with AD SQL...

2005-09-07 Thread ASB
~ Regardless, that decision has already been made and I don't have any input into it. ~ I think you should make an attempt to point out the precarious location of this server, since security appears to be a concern. You'll have more

RE: [ActiveDir] Which ports to open in the DMZ to communicate with AD SQL...

2005-09-07 Thread Tony Murray
If you absolutely HAVE to then I would prefer to look at using IPSec for communication between the Sharepoint box and your DC's IPSec would be good, but it isn't supported between member servers and DCs. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q254949 Tony From: [EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] Group policy security setting

2005-09-07 Thread Charlie Kaiser
OK; I finally figured this one out; I had to set a couple of other settings for this to work. Computer config\admin templates\Internet explorer\internet control panel\security page. Intranet sites: Include all local (intranet) sites not listed in other zones Intranet sites:

Re: [ActiveDir] Which ports to open in the DMZ to communicate with AD SQL...

2005-09-07 Thread Phil Renouf
Did I miss something in that article? I don't see where it says client DC via IPSec is not supported; just that you can't encrypt Kerberos traffic. Phil On 9/7/05, Tony Murray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you absolutely HAVE to then I would prefer to look at using IPSec for communication

RE: [ActiveDir] Which ports to open in the DMZ to communicate with AD SQL...

2005-09-07 Thread Bernard, Aric
I agree with Phil I think using an ISA (or other reverse proxy solution) is the best way to go given your constraints. Using a reverse proxy solution allows you the following: Keep you Sharepoint server behind the firewall, yet make it accessible to external clients as if

RE: [ActiveDir] Which ports to open in the DMZ to communicate with AD SQL...

2005-09-07 Thread Al Mulnick
Looks like we have plenty of ideas and opinions ;) ISA is a great way to deal with this, but I believe the decision was made to put the SP machine in the DMZ regardless of the technical merit or viability. And whether or not it is a good idea. That said, ISA doesn't offer much if you put it

RE: [ActiveDir] Which ports to open in the DMZ to communicate with AD SQL...

2005-09-07 Thread Tony Murray
Hi Phil Here's the text I was referring to: Currently, we do not support using IPSec to encrypt network traffic from a domain member server to a domain controller when you apply the IPSec policies by using Group Policy or when you use the Kerberos authentication method. The goal with

RE: [ActiveDir] Which ports to open in the DMZ to communicate with AD SQL...

2005-09-07 Thread Bernard, Aric
I should make sure I was clear in no way did I encourage the placement of ISA AND the SharePoint server onto the semi-trusted (DMZ) network. Again to clarify, the ISA server often (but not always) resides in the semi-trusted network while the SharePoint server should always reside on a

[ActiveDir] event sinks(OT)

2005-09-07 Thread Tom Kern
My company is tied in to a specific archive solution. they want to outsource the whole archive thing. this solution uses mapi and needs a dedicated journal mailbox server. however due to my AD issues, i can't install a new exchange server.(no root domain. no SA or EA access. writtien about ad

[ActiveDir] dns zone

2005-09-07 Thread Tom Kern
if a zone is just a standard primary, is there any security or acl's you can set in windows or any auditing? thanks

RE: [ActiveDir] dns zone

2005-09-07 Thread Brian Desmond
Not that Im aware ofIts just a text file on disk at this point. I guess you could audit the dns zone files. Thanks, Brian Desmond [EMAIL PROTECTED] c - 312.731.3132 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Kern Sent: Wednesday, September

[ActiveDir] Associated External Account right

2005-09-07 Thread Tom Kern
ok. i understand this right when used with a resource forest but i have no idea why you need to give this right to Self on top of Full Control to allow access to a mbox of a disabled user? shouldn't FC be enough? Also, are these the only 2 cases where this right is everneeded? thanks!!

Re: [ActiveDir] dns zone

2005-09-07 Thread Tom Kern
you mean set up auditing on the ntfs file the zone is saved to? also, under dynamic updates, it says secure and non-secure. how is it secure on a standard zone? thanks a lot! On 9/7/05, Brian Desmond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not that I'm aware of…It's just a text file on disk at this point. I

RE: [ActiveDir] event sinks(OT)

2005-09-07 Thread Michael B. Smith
The archive sink plus a bit of FSO and CDOcoding could give you that. joe has probably already written a utility so that you wouldn't have to doany coding. :-) j/k The Archive Sink provides the capability of storing all messages to a flat file. It is an event sink that archives each

RE: [ActiveDir] MailAlias in AD

2005-09-07 Thread Almeida Pinto, Jorge de
Those fields are not available in the default ADUC GUI. It needs to be extended for that. You could however for attributes that are not available through the GUI use the method as explained in: http://www.awprofessional.com/articles/article.asp?p=169630seqNum=1

RE: [ActiveDir] Associated External Account right

2005-09-07 Thread Almeida Pinto, Jorge de
Hi Tom, When using the Associated External Account (AEA) in an account forest and resource forest scenario the account in the resource forest that is mailbox enabled is AD disabled and the account in the account forest is assigned the AEA right on the mailbox. This automagically puts the SID

RE: [ActiveDir] dns zone

2005-09-07 Thread Brian Desmond
Dynamic Updates and a standard zone what is it youre trying to do? Yes I mean an audit entry in the SACL on the DNS zone file. Thanks, Brian Desmond [EMAIL PROTECTED] c - 312.731.3132 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Kern Sent:

Re: [ActiveDir] Which ports to open in the DMZ to communicate with AD SQL...

2005-09-07 Thread Phil Renouf
That was the way that I understood that paragraph as well. And to give a little more information about Aric's point on not being able to monitor the traffic between the DMZ host and the DC's; that is why it is important to have an Intrusion Detection/Intrusion Prevention system in place. Even in

RE: [ActiveDir] Which ports to open in the DMZ to communicate with AD SQL...

2005-09-07 Thread Tony Murray
Using certificates to allow IPSec betweenclients/member servers and DCs sounds good. Has anyone actually done this? I'd be interested, as I'm surprised the KB article didn't mention this as an alternative. I've also heard (more than once) some statements from MS people to the effect that

RE: [ActiveDir] Which ports to open in the DMZ to communicate with AD SQL...

2005-09-07 Thread Bernard, Aric
Yes, in fact I have implemented this (under Windows 2000). From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Murray Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 7:44 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Which ports to open in the DMZ to