There are a few things that you can do. 1. Ensure all your W2K DCs have SP3. There are a few improvements/fixes in the way lockouts are communicated between DCs.
2. Have a look at the Account Lockout Status tool (ALS.EXE). This pulls information from each DC in the domain regarding the lockout status, bad pw attemtps, etc. You may need to contact your Microsoft TAM for ALS.EXE as I don't know if it has made it into the resource kit tools yet. 3. Eventcomb can be useful for grouping event information from log files on different DCs. 4. Look for Event 681 entries on the PDC Emulator DC. Have a look at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];273499 for information on how to interpret the resulting error codes. You can use Dumpel.exe to filter the results if necessary. 5. If you have password complexity as part of your account policy then you should be able to safely increase the account lockout threshold to something nearer 15 attempts. This should reduce the burden on your help desk. Tony ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Mayet, Yusuf Y" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 14:47:42 +0200 Hi everyone, I was hoping that you someone could help me out with this: We have a mixed environment of W2K DC's and there is a requirement from our Systems Support Centre to track Account Lockouts. As this can take place on any DC I was wondering if someone out there was using a tool to interrogate the directory to retrieve this information from the DC that registers the lockout. At the moment we have a tedious exercise of filtering each DC's log for event ID 644. Thanks in advance, Yusuf Success is: "Set high aspirations in life. The Challenge is in our minds. We are limited not by reality but by our own imaginations". ______________________________________________ Disclaimer and confidentiality note Everything in this e-mail and any attachments relating to the official business of Standard Bank Group Limited is proprietary to the company. It is confidential, legally privileged and protected by law. Standard Bank does not own and endorse any other content. Views and opinions are those of the sender unless clearly stated as being that of Standard Bank. The person addressed in the e-mail is the sole authorised recipient. Please notify the sender immediately if it has unintentionally reached you and do not read, disclose or use the content in any way. Standard Bank can not assure that the integrity of this communication has been maintained nor that it is free of errors, virus, interception or interference. ______________________________________________ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
