If you want to test quick way how to query your Global Catalogs open command line on Windows server 2003 and type:
dsquery server -isgc
Press “Enter” button and you are done !
This post will show you how to install Active Directory schema configuration snap in for your Microsoft management console. For that you have two ways.
1. Install Windows server 2003 support tools package (supptools.msi) . It is located inyour OS CDÂ Support\Tools directory.
ADSI Edit will be automatically installed and registered by doing that.
2. If you want to install only ADSI Edit tool copy adsiedit.dll file from support tools into %systemroot% directory (default C:\Windows) .
Then click Start>Run and type regsvr32 adsiedit.dll
Press “OK”
Additional Account Info addon will help you gather some usefull information about your active directory users.
User properties in AD users and computers
In order to have this add on your Windows server 2003 based active directory download “Account Lockout and Management Tools” from here .
Extract contents of the package and copy “acctinfo.dll” file to %systemroot%/system32 directory.
Then press Start > Run and type:
regsvr32 acctinfo.dll
Press OK.
Thats it, now you have additional tab under user properties in your active directory.
Open Active directory users and computers snap in and check it.
Cheers !
This post will show you how to test Kerberos authentication between server and your domain. Note that this operation must be run on server or workstation being tested and cannot run remotely. To perform Kerberos check on domain named “testdomain.com” open command line on your Windows server 2003 and type:
netdom trust /d:testdomain.com /verify /kerberos
Note that netdom is part of Windows server 2003 support tools. They can be found on your OS CD (Support\Tools directory) .
If you think that your active directory can be corrupted you should perform integrity check. To do that you must boot your Windows server 2003 into Directory Services Restore Mode. How to do that you can can check in article named “Windows server 2003 – How to access Active Directory services restore mode remotely”. After login open command line ant type:
Ntdsutil and press Enter
Files and press Enter
Integrity and press Enter