Well you're lucky that you yanked the network cable in time, now you don't have to do a system state restore to get the user back ...
Find a DC where the user still exists in a pristine condition, all the mailbox details, etc. Reboot the DC in DS Restore mode(DSRM). Use ntdsutil.exe to auth restore just that user's object. You may (probably will) also have to restore links to that user, at this point it'd be nice if you were running on Win2k3 SP1, but if not it is still accomplishable. For Win2k3 Sp1, after auth restoring the user, there should be some ldf file(s) that will allow you to restore the links. Simply use ldifde, to apply these files to the appropriate DCs (up to one ldf per domain). For pre this latest generation (which is more likely, because you could yank the net cable in time), you may have to find the objects that are linked to the user, and restore them yourself. You can do this by performing an LDAP operation that deletes and re-sets the links to that user. BTW, there is a more extensive KB article you might find useful: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=840001 Cheers, BrettSh This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. On Thu, 11 Aug 2005, Shadow Roldan wrote: > So I did a bad thing, I deleted a user at a different site and marked > his mailbox for deletion > > Immediately recognizing my mistake I *ran* to the server room and yanked > the network cable of the dc I was connected to. > > For now, none of the changes have replicated. > > I want to bring this machine back online, but I don't want those changes > to go through > > How would you make this happen? > > Thanks guys > > > > S > > > 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/ > 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/
