RE: [ActiveDir] Forest trusts vs trusts within forests

2005-01-10 Thread Grillenmeier, Guido
that may bea matter of personal preference and of the way that your DNS is currently setup. Granted - in the scenario I described, Stubs would have the benefit of being AD integrated and would thus replicate to any DC-DNS server, but if you have to combine two different DNS worldswith a

RE: [ActiveDir] Forest trusts vs trusts within forests

2005-01-10 Thread Grillenmeier, Guido
Hello Dèjì, good thoughts, but not sure thatI agree with all you say - Ibelieve Dave's scenario could benefit from a separate forest- see some comments below. Cheers, Guido From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Deji AkomolafeSent: Saturday, January 08, 2005

RE: [ActiveDir] Forest trusts vs trusts within forests

2005-01-10 Thread Grillenmeier, Guido
that's also my understanding Dean and that's how I've tested it that it works - but I certainly wouldn't mind the lengthy version of the explanation... I do have to say, that the statement to require FFL2 to use SA for forests trusts is somewhat of a joke though: you'll have to have both forests

Re: [ActiveDir] Add users?

2005-01-10 Thread rubix cube
Ok I could see it now, sorry, thanks its working great I have only one question, whats the use of the -uci option if I can't pass the parameteres in an input file? and I have to make the command each time I want to create a new user? Also in the addusers.exe windows2k tool, the username was used,

RE: [ActiveDir] Forest trusts vs trusts within forests

2005-01-10 Thread Mulnick, Al
Actually Dean, would like to hear that explanation as to why if it's not too much trouble. It often helps to make the idea stick :) As for the replication, Dave I understood the replication differences to be more for security reasons than performance etc. Something along the lines of not

RE: [ActiveDir] GPO for restricting ActiveX controls on XPSP2

2005-01-10 Thread Joe Pochedley
Thanks! I'd tried clicking, right clicking, and double clicking on the entries to see if I could find the class ID in that window, all to no avail! Never thought the CLSID might be there in a column... Sheesh. Nothing like making it easy on us poor admins... Now if there was some way to

RE: [ActiveDir] Forest trusts vs trusts within forests

2005-01-10 Thread Dean Wells
Good point ... it is somewhat redundant isn't it :) -- Dean Wells MSEtechnology * Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://msetechnology.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Grillenmeier, Guido Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 5:16 AM To:

RE: [ActiveDir] GPO for restricting ActiveX controls on XPSP2

2005-01-10 Thread Dale, Rick
Joe, You can download BHODemon and install it, double-click on any entry and you will see the CLSID in that entry. http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,23611,00.asp HTH, Rick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe

RE: [ActiveDir] Add users?

2005-01-10 Thread Sakari Kouti
Hi Rubix, I'm not sure what you mean, but HTH. A user in AD has the following names: A. CN = common name = Name column in tools = RDN (e.g. Jack Brown or CN=Jack Brown) B. First name = givenName (e.g. Jack) C. Last name = sn (e.g. Brown) D. Display name = displayName (e.g. Jack Brown) E. User

[ActiveDir] Office Topic: Windows 2000 2003 Servers Lockdown Policies

2005-01-10 Thread Pennell, Ronald B.
This might not be the right forum for this question, but, does anyone have any templates for what needs to be locked-down for servers in the domain and in a DMZ. What ports and services that do not need to be running/open. Ron Pennell Institute For Defense Analyses [EMAIL PROTECTED] List

RE: [ActiveDir] Add users?

2005-01-10 Thread Renouf, Phil
The -uci switch you mention in dsadd isn't for input from a file, it is referencing input from pipe (ie: | ). You can use information from a tool like dsquery to pipe information to dsadd (you can pipe the DN for an account for example). Phil -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [ActiveDir] Add users?

2005-01-10 Thread Renouf, Phil
To reply to myself, I made a dumb statement...you can't pipe the DN from dsquery to dsadd since the user wouldn't exist yet, but that is one thing that you can do with dsquery and some of the dstools (dsget, dsmod etc.) Phil -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] Forest trusts vs trusts within forests

2005-01-10 Thread Fugleberg, David A
You're correct, Al - the thought regarding replication is that there's no reason to put information from the internal domain on those DCs in the less-trusted domain. There is no need for it there in the first place, and if I don't replicate it there I have that much less to worry about if that

[ActiveDir] OT:winsock

2005-01-10 Thread Kern, Tom
I keep getting an error on a win2k pro sp4 laptop when renewing an ip address-an operation was attempted on something that is not a socket also when i try to start my linksys wlan adapter, i get 10093:Successful WSAStartup not yet performed I've uninstalled and reinstalled tcp/ip but no go. I

Re: [ActiveDir] Office Topic: Windows 2000 2003 Servers Lockdown Policies

2005-01-10 Thread Tomasz Onyszko
Pennell, Ronald B. wrote: This might not be the right forum for this question, but, does anyone have any templates for what needs to be locked-down for servers in the domain and in a DMZ. What ports and services that do not need to be running/open. I don't know what role this server plays but

RE: [ActiveDir] OT:winsock

2005-01-10 Thread Robert Rutherford
Have you got something else interfacing with the stack on the box, i.e. f/w software? Also... uninstall the wlan card and see if you still get the same issue on the internal nic. BR Rob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kern, Tom Sent:

RE: [ActiveDir] OT:winsock

2005-01-10 Thread Kern, Tom
its uninstalled. this user has no firewall sw that i can tell. though i get a pop up saying outlook express is trying to send a email. do you want to let it send it? i have no idea whats making that pop up. its made to look like its coming from OE. the email is just the welcome message OE sends

RE: [ActiveDir] Forest trusts vs trusts within forests

2005-01-10 Thread Dean Wells
Simplified question is - why do we require domain (external trust) or forest (forest trust) functional level 2 when using selective authentication? - Let's begin with what selective authentication (SA) does ... when configured across a particular trust it tells the KDCs within the domain at the

[ActiveDir] time server

2005-01-10 Thread Creamer, Mark
Title: time server Our forest root server acts as the time server for AD domain member machines (I think that happens by default.) Do I have to take any additional steps to allow that same server to be the NTP server for a non-Windows device? The device is a phone switch on our network, and

RE: [ActiveDir] OT:winsock

2005-01-10 Thread Robert Rutherford
hmmm ... could be a virus trying to send the mail through outlook. Can you see any other protocols, services, etc bound to the adapter? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Kern, Tom Sent: Mon 1/10/2005 4:10 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE:

RE: [ActiveDir] GPO for restricting ActiveX controls on XPSP2

2005-01-10 Thread Joe Pochedley
Thanks, but BHODemon only shows Browser Helper Objects. It doesn't show ActiveX controls or Browser Extensions which are also add-ins for IE that need to be defined for the GPO to effectively manage all the activex controls. Joe Pochedley A computer terminal is not some clunky old television

RE: [ActiveDir] OT:winsock

2005-01-10 Thread Alex Fontana
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318584 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kern, Tom Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 7:39 AM To: ActiveDir (E-mail) Subject: [ActiveDir] OT:winsock I keep getting an error on a win2k pro

[ActiveDir] DNS timeouts

2005-01-10 Thread Rimmerman, Russ
When we do an nslookup on an external host, we often get a timeout 3 or 4 times before it finally resolves. We are using our child domain controllers for all our desktops DNS. The child DCs are forwarding to the root DCs. The root DCs have the root-hints on them, and are allowed by the firewall

RE: [ActiveDir] GPO for restricting ActiveX controls on XPSP2

2005-01-10 Thread Crawford, Scott
Open C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Program Files, double-click the control, highlight and copy the ID from the property page. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Pochedley Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 10:49 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org

Re: [ActiveDir] DNS timeouts

2005-01-10 Thread Tim Hines
Have you tried doing a network trace to see the DNS queries and responses? That should help you determine where the delay is. - Original Message - From: Rimmerman, Russ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 12:41 PM Subject: [ActiveDir] DNS

RE: [ActiveDir] DNS timeouts

2005-01-10 Thread Rimmerman, Russ
Are you referring to a tracert or something more in-depth? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Hines Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 12:27 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] DNS timeouts Have you tried doing a

RE: [ActiveDir] time server

2005-01-10 Thread joe
Title: time server Does your switch use/support SNTP (Simple NTP)? That is what Windows DCs support, not NTP. joe From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Creamer, MarkSent: Monday, January 10, 2005 11:27 AMTo: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.orgSubject: [ActiveDir] time

RE: [ActiveDir] time server

2005-01-10 Thread Creamer, Mark
Title: time server Thanks Joe, I suspect thats it then. There wasnt anything in the interface about an SNTP server. mc From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joe Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 1:56 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE:

Re: [ActiveDir] DNS timeouts

2005-01-10 Thread Tim Hines
Something more in depth like network monitor? - Original Message - From: Rimmerman, Russ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 1:51 PM Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] DNS timeouts Are you referring to a tracert or something more in-depth?

RE: [ActiveDir] time server

2005-01-10 Thread Dean Wells
Title: time server Uncertain as to the OS in question here but Windows 2003 supports both NTP and SNTP - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/guidance/secmod118.mspx --Dean WellsMSEtechnology* Email: dwells@msetechnology.comhttp://msetechnology.com From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [ActiveDir] time server

2005-01-10 Thread Michael B. Smith
Title: time server Thiscomment is accurate for Windows 2000, but not for Windows XP/2003. References: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/all/techref/en-us/Default.asp?url=""> and

RE: [ActiveDir] time server

2005-01-10 Thread Mulnick, Al
Conflicting information: (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/itsolutions/cits/interopmigration/unix/use cdirw/06wsdsu.mspx) To sum it up, SNTP and NTP are supposed to be interchangeable and compatible. Reality is, some verbs/commands aren't. When setting up a time server from a non-Microsoft

RE: [ActiveDir] OT:winsock

2005-01-10 Thread Douglas M. Long
I have had a winsock problem on a few different machines that was only fixable with an exe I downloaded somewhere. I will look for the link, or if I can't find it, I can probably at least find the file. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

RE: [ActiveDir] OT:winsock

2005-01-10 Thread Douglas M. Long
Ok, I really don't have the time to go searching for the link, but I do have the file if you want it. I don't think I am supposed to attach files to messages in here, so just let me know if and how you want the file. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [ActiveDir] time server

2005-01-10 Thread joe
Title: time server From my understandingit (2K and K3) supports NTP for reading time from a source, not as a source. I.E. Windows with the default time service is not a NTP Source, it is a SNTP Source. joe From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean WellsSent:

RE: [ActiveDir] time server

2005-01-10 Thread Nathan Muggli
Title: time server I own the time service for Windows, so I can field the OS question. The NTP server in Windows 2003 is NTP V3 RFC compliant and third party NTP clients can (well *should*) be able to sync with it. When you say doesnt seem to recognize, is there an error message? How does

RE: [ActiveDir] time server

2005-01-10 Thread Dean Wells
Title: time server That's a good point Joe, I've never sniffed the traffic off the wire to be sure (nor used ~any other means) but the link I supplied certainly implies it's NTP based. --Dean WellsMSEtechnology* Email: dwells@msetechnology.comhttp://msetechnology.com From: [EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] time server

2005-01-10 Thread joe
Title: time server As Al pointed out, some MS docs need to be reviewed... The one Al specifically pointed out "http://www.microsoft.com/technet/itsolutions/cits/interopmigration/unix/usecdirw/06wsdsu.mspx" says straight out that the Time Server is SNTP based. WindowsServer2003 time

RE: [ActiveDir] time server

2005-01-10 Thread Celone, Mike
Title: time server I've had problems with machines that are not part of the domain being unable to synch with the time service on a DC. It seems that if the machine is not part of the domain you are unable to use it as a time NTP or SNTP server. Mike From: Creamer, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] time server

2005-01-10 Thread Ken Cornetet
Title: Message 510 software has a windows port of NTP that works very well (all of my servers were running it back in the NT4 days). I suppose a person could usew32timeto sync to the forest, and run ntp acting as a local time master to provide sync to the phone switch. You'd have to

RE: [ActiveDir] Office Topic: Windows 2000 2003 Servers Lockdo wn Policies

2005-01-10 Thread Jorge de Almeida Pinto
Hi Ron, Use could use the Windows Server 2003 Security Guide from MS. # Windows Server 2003 Security Guide The Windows Server 2003 Security Guide provides guidance to assist in hardening Domain Controllers, Infrastructure servers, File servers, Print servers, IIS servers, IAS

RE: [ActiveDir] Office Topic: Windows 2000 2003 Servers Lockdown Policies

2005-01-10 Thread Paul van Geldrop
In the documents shown to you so far, you should find all the services (including ports, etc) that you need to open up such a configuration. A good, basic hardening rule is: Shut everything down (apart from the most basic services, you'll find those in the documents mentioned earlier) and then

RE: [ActiveDir] time server

2005-01-10 Thread Mulnick, Al
Have you checked the DC in question to see what it's reporting? You may also want to grab a net trace to see the packets on the wire. Those two things might help to clarify the issue faster (permissions, incompat, etc) faster. If the phone switch has a log file or output, that also might be

RE: [ActiveDir] time server

2005-01-10 Thread Renouf, Phil
Is there anything on the network in between your AD domain and the phone switch? I know it's fairly common for phone switches to be behind some type of NATing firewall, although it doesn't happen everywhere. Phil -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

RE: [ActiveDir] time server

2005-01-10 Thread Nathan Muggli
Title: time server The packets are identical, and NTP actually came first. I just spoke with my time developer and he confirmed that time syncs should be able to work ntp - sntp, and sntp - ntp. Most of the problems weve seen with interoperability have been caused by client side logic in

RE: [ActiveDir] time server

2005-01-10 Thread Rick Kingslan
Title: time server Mark, I've got a number of Avayas (S8700's) at work. I can check with our on-staff Avaya folks, as I know that they are synching time internally. However, I think that it's going back against our AIX systems. But, as to it being Linux - it's how you order the modules. I

[ActiveDir] Domain name and server name don't match

2005-01-10 Thread Alonzo Hess
Apparently I'm now the new parent of an(misconfigured, I thnk ) AD that was unceremoniously dumped in my lap. Not having any 'real' experience with AD I set off on a search. I've used my trusty O'Reilly Bookshelf to grab some of the more recomended books (AD Cookbook, AD Forestry and Inside Active

RE: [ActiveDir] Domain name and server name don't match

2005-01-10 Thread David Adner
1,2. The first DC in a Forest will hold all 5 roles. Moving the roles around when additional DC's are introduced has some factors involved. For small/simple environments, leaving them all on one DC is probably fine. I would make each DC a GC, too. More specifically, there's little need to

[ActiveDir] Sorry about the subject on the previous post

2005-01-10 Thread Alonzo Hess
Sorry about the subject on the previous post, That was another question I was going to ask. Alonzo 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/

Re: [ActiveDir] Add users?

2005-01-10 Thread rubix cube
Hi I mean when I see the properties of the user, in the Account tab, in teh User logon name I find it empty, even in the script am putting A and F, and in the User logon name (pre-windows2000) there is the user name, but in the User logon name there is nothing, is this ok? thank u On Mon, 10 Jan