Re: [ActiveDir] [OT] Longhorn Beta

2006-08-18 Thread Paul Williams
Apologies. I thought it had gone well and truly public back when it went out to MSDN, etc. --Paul - Original Message - From: Almeida Pinto, Jorge de [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 9:10 PM Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] [OT] Longhorn

RE: [ActiveDir] FMSO roles split, patch question.

2006-08-18 Thread neil.ruston
My client would sack (fire) me on the spot if I patched servers without having clearly shown due diligence beforehand. If a DC hosting say the RID master role died during a patch which resulted in issues (where admins were unable to create user objects), the business would ask 'why were

RE: [ActiveDir] FMSO roles split, patch question.

2006-08-18 Thread joe
Definitely good to help with testing. However, obviously, you can still run into issues that are specific to your hardware platform/configuration (drivers comes to mind) plus what if you hit an issue that is a virtualization issue only? Could be a lot of work for something you never see in

RE: [ActiveDir] FMSO roles split, patch question.

2006-08-18 Thread joe
Exactly. :) I just don't understand the reluctance to move the roles. You would think we were advocating swapping a single RAID drive from the two machines involved. -- O'Reilly Active Directory Third Edition - http://www.joeware.net/win/ad3e.htm From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [ActiveDir] [OT] Longhorn Beta

2006-08-18 Thread joe
This is pretty standard, MSDN/TechnetP will get a proper beta build, then the actual beta program will continue to get intermediate builds as well as more documentation and feature focus type web casts to give feedback. Also beta folks get the newsgroup access. -- O'Reilly Active Directory

RE: [ActiveDir] Single Space in LDAP query dropped: Why?

2006-08-18 Thread joe
Yeah this is a fun one. It isn't if there is just a space, it is if there is a leading space. A leading space mustbe escaped otherwise (and any other leading space)will be trimmed. There are also various oddities around trailing spaces depending on the attribute type where there are times

RE: [ActiveDir] FMSO roles split, patch question.

2006-08-18 Thread Peter Johnson
Not having followed the tread all the way from the beginning I just thought I'd add my 2 cents, although it's probably worth less than that due to the SA Rand to Dollar exchange rate :) :). I was always under the impression that a role seize should only be done if the server that originally held

Re: [ActiveDir] Single Space in LDAP query dropped: Why?

2006-08-18 Thread Joe Kaplan
I'm pretty sure that's part of the RFC spec. A space at the beginning or end of a query value will be ignored. Your space in this example would be both. Did you try escaping it to see if that works? Joe Kaplan - Original Message - From: Jef Kazimer To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org

Re: [ActiveDir] Single Space in LDAP query dropped: Why?

2006-08-18 Thread Joe Kaplan
That's a much more thorough explanation than mine. :) I was too lazy to even dust off the RFC URL. Joe K. - Original Message - From: joe To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 7:40 AM Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Single Space in LDAP query dropped: Why? Yeah

RE: [ActiveDir] FMSO roles split, patch question.

2006-08-18 Thread Wyatt, David
Title: Message "I am drinking my secondLabatt's not having to make any difficult decisions" now thats funny! -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joeSent: 17 Aug 2006 20:26To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.orgSubject: RE:

Re: [ActiveDir] Single Space in LDAP query dropped: Why?

2006-08-18 Thread jef
Joe, Yup, escaping the character worked like a charm. Joe mentioned that the query appears to be trimmed, so that seems to be what is happening. Thanks, Jef - Original Message - From: Joe Kaplan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 8:33

[ActiveDir] Can the Gods return to our domain? an ex-DC naming question

2006-08-18 Thread Steven Johnston
Hello list, (Skip the first Paragraph if your in a rush :p It is a self introduction.) This is my first post so I would like to introduce myself and say hello to everyone and thanks for the bucket loads of good info floating around. I am relatively new to the industry and this is my

RE : RE: [ActiveDir] backup and restore AD.

2006-08-18 Thread Yann
Hello Jorge,Thanks for clarification. I will check next week if i have no issues with usn rollback :( . Yann"Almeida Pinto, Jorge de" [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit: when a DC is restored from the system state (amongst others): * the restored RID pool is thrown away (invalidated) and a

Re: [ActiveDir] Can the Gods return to our domain? an ex-DC naming question

2006-08-18 Thread Mathieu CHATEAU
Hello Steven, why not choosing another god's name ? :) After all, this is just a name ! Since you can dcpromo down the server, it should be ok. Just be sure to remove replicate link and it's computer object from ADUC...Cleaning DNS my 2 cents, Mathieu CHATEAU Friday, August 18, 2006,

RE: [ActiveDir] Can the Gods return to our domain? an ex-DC naming question

2006-08-18 Thread Alex Alborzfard
Welcome to the list Steven! Buckle up and enjoy the ride! Im sure the gurus on this list can provide more detailed replies, but there are 2 things I would stay away from (in the real world): 1- Installing/Running Exchange on a DC (unless its a SBS) 2- Renaming a DC with a name

RE: [ActiveDir] Can the Gods return to our domain? an ex-DC naming question

2006-08-18 Thread Brian Desmond
So let me get this straight: Ceres AD only Hades AD Exchange Server3 Nothing Your next state is: Ceres AD Only Hades AD Exchange Server3 Exchange Your next state is: Ceres AD Only Hades AD Only Server3 Exchange You then want to rebuild Hades and make it a

Re: [ActiveDir] Single Space in LDAP query dropped: Why?

2006-08-18 Thread bmich
Return Receipt Your Re: [ActiveDir] Single Space in LDAP query dropped: Why? document:

RE: [ActiveDir] Can the Gods return to our domain? an ex-DC naming question

2006-08-18 Thread Michael A. Barker
The only real requirement is to ensure the dcpromo action to remove the DC functions is fully replicated to each DC in the forest before you think about adding it back. In large environments (hundreds or thousands of DCs) I recommend dont re-promote a name within the tombstone lifetime J

Re: RE : RE: [ActiveDir] backup and restore AD.

2006-08-18 Thread Brett Shirley
BTW, if you have snapshot based backup you _can_ backup and just restore only the AD data (dit, log, and chk), and it will work w/o USN rollback correctly. We used to run quick tests like that all the time, but ONLY validated that the DS / AD didn't break. That doesn't make it supported. BTW,

RE: [ActiveDir] Can the Gods return to our domain? an ex-DC naming question

2006-08-18 Thread joe
Welcome. To answer your general question, I don't have a problem with reusing names. Just make sure things got cleaned up properly previously. Previous environment I was inevery name of the 350+ DCs over the years was reused at least once since 2000. Mostly a threeyear rollover on

RE: [ActiveDir] Can the Gods return to our domain? an ex-DC naming question

2006-08-18 Thread joe
Oh yeah, Exchange on DCs sucks... Even on SBS, but they have to put up with it. ;o) -- O'Reilly Active Directory Third Edition - http://www.joeware.net/win/ad3e.htm From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven JohnstonSent: Friday, August 18, 2006 3:30 PMTo:

RE: [ActiveDir] Can the Gods return to our domain? an ex-DC naming question

2006-08-18 Thread Almeida Pinto, Jorge de
In your case I would: * execute from the E2K3 media: SETUP /FORESTPREP (this preps your forest for E2K3 servers) (this will resolve the incorrect attributes in a W2K AD with E2K) * execute from the E2K3 media: SETUP /DOMAINPREP (this preps yourdomain for E2K3 servers) * execute from

RE: [ActiveDir] Single Space in LDAP query dropped: Why?

2006-08-18 Thread joe
I have it bookmarked. :) LDAP V3 - http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2251.html LDAP Attribute Syntax - http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2252.html LDAP DN representation - http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2253.html LDAP Search Filters - http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2254.html LDAP URL Format -

RE: [ActiveDir] Can the Gods return to our domain? an ex-DC naming question

2006-08-18 Thread Brian Desmond
I wouldnt make that generalization. The bigger issue I have in large enterprises is that folks hardcode names into their crappy applications. When you change a name you break their app (which is fine by me), but, in general I try to avoid this by recycling names. It gets confusing when you

RE: [ActiveDir] Find last logon for ID

2006-08-18 Thread joe
LOL. Don't be afraid to speak, all of the input and view points from folks is good. RE: Scripting... The main benefit of scripting or writing batch files is that it isn't often that one tool will handle everything you might want to do across an environment or maybe as flexibly as you want

RE: [ActiveDir] Find last logon for ID

2006-08-18 Thread joe
oldcmp was written specifically with 250k user environment in mind so scaling shouldn't be too bad. It is single threaded but I think performs quite well still. Just watch out for using the DHTML option if the output is really large, IE doesn't seem to handle it as smoothly as oldcmp does. :) --

RE: [ActiveDir] Process on DC stuck on stopping

2006-08-18 Thread joe
If the software has a tendency to crash out like that if you kill the thread it won't matter how you kill it as they all do it by taking the legs out from under the thread. The app itself is the only thing that can force the thread to exit gracefully. -- O'Reilly Active Directory Third Edition

[ActiveDir] OT: Group policy of Vista Firewall

2006-08-18 Thread Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=df192e1b-a92a-4075-9f69-c12b7c54b52bdisplaylang=en http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=df192e1b-a92a-4075-9f69-c12b7c54b52bdisplaylang=en Learn how to manage Windows Firewall in Windows Vista through the Windows

RE: [ActiveDir] [OT] Process for requesting, authorizing and creating shares?

2006-08-18 Thread joe
In general I think it is better for larger orgs to have a very locked down strong share policy. Even down to specifying specific standard share names, permissions (like auth users FC and then locking with NTFS unless there will be no change access then R). For instance names like APPS, PROJ, DATA,

RE: [ActiveDir] ADSIEdit unable to enumerate list of objects that a group can create

2006-08-18 Thread joe
Title: ADSIEdit unable to enumerate list of objects that a group can create I see you worked this out, but the answerto the original question isthe attribute allowedChildClassesEffective. -- O'Reilly Active Directory Third Edition - http://www.joeware.net/win/ad3e.htm From: [EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] (OT) Age of Directories

2006-08-18 Thread joe
I would say that you are probably safe to use it yourself but I wouldn't be giving it out... Of course that is a completely non-legal joe can't speak for anyone except joe response. :) -- O'Reilly Active Directory Third Edition - http://www.joeware.net/win/ad3e.htm -Original

RE: [ActiveDir] UAC Question

2006-08-18 Thread joe
The lockoutTime attribute can only be set to zero. If you want to programmatically lock (versus disable) an account, you will need to send enough bad auth attempts to it. -- O'Reilly Active Directory Third Edition - http://www.joeware.net/win/ad3e.htm -Original Message- From:

RE: [ActiveDir] UAC Question

2006-08-18 Thread joe
Quick note on this attribute, it is constructed, so you can't use it in a query, you can only return it. -- O'Reilly Active Directory Third Edition - http://www.joeware.net/win/ad3e.htm -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tomasz Onyszko

RE: [ActiveDir] ADAM pwdLastSet

2006-08-18 Thread joe
I just tested this with ADAM SP1 1. A delegated admin was able to set pwdLastSet to 0 and -1. 2. Once expired by setting to 0, the account could not bind as expected. -- O'Reilly Active Directory Third Edition - http://www.joeware.net/win/ad3e.htm -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] Information about lingering objects in a Windows 2000-based forest or in a Windows Server 2003-based forest:

2006-08-18 Thread joe
Yes, I know, I am slow, just catching up on my reading of the list... But anyway... ROFL! -- O'Reilly Active Directory Third Edition - http://www.joeware.net/win/ad3e.htm -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brett Shirley Sent:

RE: [ActiveDir] Granting Exchange Mailbox Access

2006-08-18 Thread joe
I like this approach myself and in fact recommend setting up some sort of security system to configure this to "mailbox admins" as in most orgs I have seen, actual mailbox maintenance at the folder level is done by someone who isn't a service admin. Basically in the pastI have set up a

RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange rollout - How much larger does NTDS.DIT become?

2006-08-18 Thread joe
LOL on the naughty boy messages. The implementation was for a fortune 5 running on 2K with about 250k users but only about 180k Exchange users, 100k or so of contacts. With K3 it shrunk back down to I want to say around 4GB due to single instance store but it is getting to be quite a while

RE: [ActiveDir] Enumerating Group type and Mebership...

2006-08-18 Thread joe
I believe that was one of the items in a list of about 25 requests generated here on the list that I submitted into the bug/request system at MSFT as well as sending directly to the responsible Dev (the guy doing a lot of the GUI user experience stuff) at AD. He loved the ideas but said that

Re: [ActiveDir] Single Space in LDAP query dropped: Why?

2006-08-18 Thread Joe Kaplan
Me too. I was that lazy. :) Joe Kaplan - Original Message - From: joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 5:46 PM Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Single Space in LDAP query dropped: Why? I have it bookmarked. :) LDAP V3 -

RE: [ActiveDir] Enumerating Group type and Mebership...

2006-08-18 Thread joe
This is the kind of thing if I got a request for it I would end up wrapping into a perl script and then tossing into a webpage via CGI that the "someone" could look at when they wanted as they are just looking to poke around occasionally and it is stupid to burn up admin resources for ad hoc

RE: [ActiveDir] Single Space in LDAP query dropped: Why?

2006-08-18 Thread joe
You NET programmers ;o) -- O'Reilly Active Directory Third Edition - http://www.joeware.net/win/ad3e.htm -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Kaplan Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 11:07 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject:

Re: [ActiveDir] Single Space in LDAP query dropped: Why?

2006-08-18 Thread jef
It's .NET - Get it right! ;) - Original Message - From: joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 10:15 PM Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Single Space in LDAP query dropped: Why? You NET programmers ;o) -- O'Reilly Active Directory Third