Questions tagged [domaincontroller]

An Domain Controller (DC) is a Windows server which responds to security authentication requests (logging in, checking permissions, etc.) within the Windows Server Active Directory domain.

For a complete description, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_controller

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Reset Azure VM pw for Domain Controller

We're using an azure vm as a domain controller and for some reason the local administrator's pw has expired. When trying to reset the pw I get the following error message: "VMAccess Extension does not support Domain Controller." I have tried…
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Install-ADDSDomainController Credential Error 12

Hello, I am trying to automate the installation and promotion of domain controllers, which are being added to an existing root forest with no child domains. I'm using the following code to perform this action during a ConfigMgr Task Sequence (so…
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Setting RPC timeout for DsGetDcName

While invoking DsGetDcName when domain controller is unreachable, or when the network is switched the API takes a long time ( 40s ) to detect failure. The API actually does a RPC call, which might be the reason for the time. I am trying to get a…
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Univention UCS 4.2 - Failed 'Active Directory Takeover' process - Troubleshooting

I successfully installed Univention UCS 4.2. On this UCS 4.2 server I have installed the following applications / plugins: Active Directory Connection Active Directory Takeover Active Directory-compatible Domain Controller DHCP server Print server…
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Exception in "ValidateCredentials" "The server cannot handle directory requests."

I use Windows PowerShell to query and validate the user's Windows credentials during an installation process. That worked well until yesterday. Now the IT department in my company has changed some configuration of the domain controller and now I get…
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Enable ldaps on multiple AD domain controllers

My goal is to enable AD auth on ovirt4. It requires ldaps on my AD. I've found a lot of instructions how to enable ldap over ssl using self-signed cert (e.g.…
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How to determine the DC that ADsOpenObject is bound to?

I have a service that receives an ADsPath to a container. For e.g. LDAP://CN=Users,DC-=Contaso,DC=com I call ADsOpenObject() using this path and create a user object. I need to return the name of the domain controller that was used in the bind in…
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connecting to LDAP server using php

I want to connect to a LDAP server to get a list of OUs using php. $ldaphost = "ldap://192.168.10.10"; $ldapUsername = "ldap_user"; $ldapPassword = "xxxxxxxx"; $ds = ldap_connect($ldaphost); if(!ldap_set_option($ds,…
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Directory Services, Search all available providers

I have the following method used for searching for a User Group either on the local computer (done first) or in the Current Forest. public string FindUserGroup(string group) { //Search local computer using (DirectorySearcher…
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Is there a powershell replacement for Repadmin /syncall

Currently we are using the command repadmin /syncall /e [our dn] and repadmin /syncall /eP [our dn] to force replication betwen domain controllers. I am wanting to use powershell to sync the domain controllers but everything I see online indicates…
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Shared registry location for all Domain Controllers

I have a service that would run on all domain controllers of a particular windows domain in to which its installed. I have settings which the services rely upon, and I want to put this in a registry location where it can be shared. Is their any way…
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404 SysVol entries in webserver's logfiles

Our 404 error logs show a lot of /SysVol http requests on our Windows Web Server 2008 for our website. It only has a webserver role and I believe that SysVol requests are meant for Domain Controllers? What's causing this and what would be the best…
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Get computer principal name with `GetUserNameEx`

I tried to get computer principal name of a service running as Network Service with the following code. BOOLEAN bError = GetUserNameEx(NameUserPrincipal, buffer, &buf_len); Since the domain name of my computer is Service-Windows@example.com, I…
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Deployment to instances using JBoss 7.1 as domain controller

I am using JBoss AS 7.1.1.Final as a domain controller. We want to define multiple server instances which are bound to their own individual IP address and control them over one JBoss instance which is the domain controller. We want to centralize…
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Powershell query works in prompt, but not in script

I am trying to make a script that takes input of a hostname and tells me the current logged on user. It works when I run the command one by one on the powershell prompt (as an admin), but doesn't produce the expected output when I run the actual…