RE: [ActiveDir] Blocking IE7

2006-10-22 Thread Rob MOIR
University -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob MOIR Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 6:58 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Blocking IE7 And now I'm really confused. Why make your users admins and then lock down

RE: [ActiveDir] Blocking IE7

2006-10-20 Thread Rob MOIR
And now I'm really confused. Why make your users admins and then lock down the ways they can admin the system? -- Robert Moir Senior IT Systems Engineer Luton Sixth Form College -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:ActiveDir- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lucas,

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Protecting against Spyware/Adware

2006-09-15 Thread Rob MOIR
2) Spy ware hangs around for a long time. Our users used to have admin rights so there is a lot of legacy spyware around Create a project to re-build these machines? If you've got a standard deployment image for workstations, this might not be too disruptive. 3) We still have business

RE: [ActiveDir] RFMAGIC

2006-07-07 Thread Rob MOIR
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~] # mv /dev/tty0 /dev/tty0_old [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~] # cp /dev/null /dev/tty0 [CONNECTION TO HOST LOST] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:ActiveDir- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Desmond Sent: 07 July 2006 09:03 To:

RE: [ActiveDir] pw reset domain account

2006-06-26 Thread Rob MOIR
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:ActiveDir- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of AWS Sent: 25 June 2006 23:35 To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] pw reset domain account There's a proposal at my company for a self service password reset website which

RE: [ActiveDir] pw reset domain account

2006-06-26 Thread Rob MOIR
What sort of questions? If you ask people to pick a secret question then you'll get poor quality questions: Q. QWERTY A. UIOP Or poor quality questions: DOB? (My friends at work know how old I am, and what day my birthday is). Q. What sports team do I support? A. Right like it isn't obvious

RE: Re: Was: RE: [ActiveDir] Virtual DCs - Now: Question on tuning Virtual Server

2006-06-13 Thread Rob MOIR
Virtual Machine Additions are a set of drivers and applets to extend and improve integration of a guest OS into the Virtual Server / PC application. As for Where do you get it / Why wouldn't they just include it in the default install, you get it as part of the default install because it *is*

RE: Re: Was: RE: [ActiveDir] Virtual DCs - Now: Question on tuning Virtual Server

2006-06-13 Thread Rob MOIR
I have a few notes on general best practices for building Virtual Servers on my website if that is any help: http://robertmoir.com/blogs/someone_else/archive/2006/03/12/2155.aspx -- Robert Moir Microsoft MVP for Windows Servers Security Senior IT Systems Engineer Luton Sixth Form College Right

RE: [ActiveDir] AD integration

2006-06-13 Thread Rob MOIR
on how cheap they are first, then later they start to realize the shortcomings that made them cheaper. -- O'Reilly Active Directory Third Edition - http://www.joeware.net/win/ad3e.htm -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob MOIR

RE: [ActiveDir] Time Server for Forest Root PDC

2006-06-13 Thread Rob MOIR
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:ActiveDir- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Teo De Las Heras Sent: 12 June 2006 18:23 To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] Time Server for Forest Root PDC How have people on this list configured their Forest Root

[ActiveDir] AD integration

2006-06-12 Thread Rob MOIR
Just a quick question. Is anyone aware of any best practice documentation of how a product ought to integrate with AD (e.g. to pull out user data for its own use). Failing that, can anyone comment on what they think of a model that can only pull data out of one domain at a time so for a 1 domain

RE: [ActiveDir] AD integration

2006-06-12 Thread Rob MOIR
and not guaranteed to work for future versions IIRC. Al On 6/12/06, Rob MOIR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just a quick question. Is anyone aware of any best practice documentation of how a product ought to integrate with AD ( e.g. to pull out user data for its own use

RE: [ActiveDir] Technet Magazine Active Directory Component Jigsaw

2006-03-08 Thread Rob MOIR
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 08 March 2006 16:10 To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Technet Magazine Active Directory Component Jigsaw Subscriptions are free - to those in the

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Gauging AD experience

2006-01-24 Thread Rob MOIR
Currently on my desks 1 desktop with a standard 17 TFT 2 laptops 1 KVM monster with a laptop connected to an external ADSL link (for testing site security as an external person), and another desktop on the same KVM with 6 3M Disk Stakkas for our software library 1 Mac Mini with a 32 TFT monitor.

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: speaking of AD books...

2006-01-24 Thread Rob MOIR
Bottom line - Mgmt needs to take ownership of the results of their business decisions. Tall order. But necessary to some degree for an IT Mgr to maintain their sanity. Warning: YMMV - Not recommended for everyone - May be hazardous to job status. Well telling them is a hazard

RE: [ActiveDir] Hardware Suggestions

2005-11-08 Thread Rob MOIR
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Rochford Sent: 08 November 2005 08:49 To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Hardware Suggestions I can understand that with a home machine you're going to be taking the

RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange server 2003

2005-11-08 Thread Rob MOIR
Is this some kind of experiment to see how quickly hackers find your machine? Anyway, many consumer cable companies limit the ports that their customers can open to the internet. Check your AUP and if it mentions that you can't run servers of this kind on your service then you will probably

RE: [ActiveDir] Hardware Suggestions

2005-11-07 Thread Rob MOIR
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Al Mulnick Sent: 07 November 2005 15:13 To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Hardware Suggestions Bottom line, I would guess that two HP 360's (SCSI; I haven't been made

RE: [ActiveDir] Hardware Suggestions

2005-11-07 Thread Rob MOIR
that data on that device? So far the SATAs that we have running around in SBSland servers are okay, but I'll report back in another 2 years and let you know. I can't speak for the Dell rack stuff, but the Dell tower stuff...lemme just say I'm glad Brian steered me towards HP. Rob MOIR wrote

RE: [ActiveDir] Hardware Suggestions

2005-11-07 Thread Rob MOIR
, but the Dell tower stuff...lemme just say I'm glad Brian steered me towards HP. Rob MOIR wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Al Mulnick Sent: 07 November 2005 15:13 To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Hardware

RE: [ActiveDir] Hardware Suggestions

2005-11-07 Thread Rob MOIR
applications on that technology unless I can put a lot of abstraction in front of it (large pools that aren't bothered by the loss of several components at a time.) From: Rob MOIR [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org,ActiveDir

RE: [ActiveDir] Hardware Suggestions

2005-11-07 Thread Rob MOIR
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Al Mulnick Sent: Mon 07/11/2005 20:41 To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Hardware Suggestions Interesting. If that solution becomes a problem, have a look at http://www.centrify.com and see if you can

RE: [ActiveDir] Server Roles

2005-10-07 Thread Rob MOIR
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've looked at using Virtual Server for small sites and it makes sense to me. The only drawback is that all your eggs are in one basket - lose the host and you lose everything.

RE: [ActiveDir] Active Directory wish list

2005-10-06 Thread Rob MOIR
Of Rob MOIR Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 1:17 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org; ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Active Directory wish list How would LDAP apps easily address multiple AD domains hosted on one server? What if you wanted to make this box a GC

RE: [ActiveDir] AD Restore Problem

2005-10-06 Thread Rob MOIR
With Apple Open Directory, you'd have multiple servers running a replica of your Open Directory information. In other words, more than one DC. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] Sent: 06 October

RE: [ActiveDir] Active Directory wish list

2005-10-06 Thread Rob MOIR
Then we should be looking at user authentication by other means than just passwords. But that isn't a utopia either. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich Milburn Sent: 06 October 2005 15:35 To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE:

RE: [ActiveDir] Active Directory wish list

2005-10-06 Thread Rob MOIR
] On Behalf Of Rob MOIR Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 10:14 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Active Directory wish list Then we should be looking at user authentication by other means than just passwords. But that isn't a utopia either. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] AD Restore Problem

2005-10-06 Thread Rob MOIR
Running a production server in Virtual PC isn't supported, Period. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Mark Parris Sent: Thu 06/10/2005 18:24 To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] AD Restore Problem What is not supported is an image restored and

RE: [ActiveDir] Active Directory wish list

2005-10-05 Thread Rob MOIR
How would LDAP apps easily address multiple AD domains hosted on one server? What if you wanted to make this box a GC for more than one domain? How easily can you configure apps like Exchange to cope with this? I say easily because you talk about SMEs using this function, which are the places