RE: [ActiveDir] OT: File Server Permissions Design Question

2006-10-13 Thread McClure, David (MED US)
The magic number (ie, the number of unique SIDs that a token can hold) is limited to 1000 by design (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/275266/). Once you get above 1000, you can't logon at all, period. The best way I can think of to evaluate the complexity and nesting of your group structure

RE: [ActiveDir] Any impacts to domain controller when changingits IP?

2006-09-14 Thread McClure, David (MED US)
If you're running a Certificate Authority on that DC, you can't change the computer name without first uninstalling Certificate Services. I'm not sure what the impact would be on the chain of trust if you reinstall CertSvcs after the name change. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] [OT]Identity Access Mangement

2006-06-02 Thread McClure, David (MED US)
You might also check out IBM Tivoli Identity Manager. Seems to be a pretty slick product. We're beginning to look at it pretty closely. Lots of out-of-the-box connectors. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mark Parris Sent: Thursday, May

[ActiveDir] slightly OT: MissionControl for MIIS

2005-10-17 Thread McClure David
Hi listers, I'm considering MIIS for a project haven't been able to find much non-MS information about MIIS out there on the web. Hoping for help from y'all. One of the minor knocks against MIIS seems to be a lack of mgmt/troubleshooting tools. Netpro claims to have filled this gap with

RE: [ActiveDir] Using GPO to install an MSI package

2005-02-15 Thread McClure David
In my experience, a lot of developers DON'T KNOW in detail what their apps do and what permissions are required on what resources. They develop with Admin accounts and make their service accounts Admins unless they're forced otherwise. That's a sure way to keep security problems out of