This is obviously not the technical answer, but these tools should try to find the nearest DC in the same way that ADUC would attach itself to the nearest DC when you launch it. Of course if you use '-s' with an argument that provides a valid DC, it will use that one for you. I don't think it matters what OS that DC is running. ADFIND works the same way - unless you tell it to use a specific DC, it will find the closest.
As to the "not" portion of your question, I was referring to a switch such as '-inactive', which only works against Win 2003. To sum up - it really doesn't matter (especially since joe's tools give you more options and better output when looking for "inactive" accounts anyway!) -DaveC Reuters IS&T Service Delivery -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kern, Tom Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 6:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [spam] Re: [ActiveDir] Ds commands How do the DS commands figure out how not to work against a win2k dc or does it matter? If I just type "dsquery...", will it hit a win2k dc or try to find a win2k3 dc? Thanks. Sorry to hear about your job fiasco, Rick. They lost a good engineer. -------------------------- Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld (www.BlackBerry.net) List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our Internet site at http://www.reuters.com To find out more about Reuters Products and Services visit http://www.reuters.com/productinfo Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Reuters Ltd. List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
