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Re: Determining DC based on Active Directory attribute of Computer

by Rupesh <rupesh.khetawat@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Aug 4, 2008 at 05:40 AM

On Aug 1, 5:42=A0pm, "Richard Mueller [MVP]" <rlmueller-
nos...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Rupesh wrote:
> > Is there any Active Directory attribute which can tell whether the
> > machine in domain is Domain controller or not?
>
> > If not, is there any way to determine whether the machine is DC
> > without using any Win32 API which will contact the machine itself?
>
> > Any suggestion\help will really appricuated.
>
> If the computer is a DC, there will be a corresponding object of class
> nTDSDSA in the Configuration container. For example, if
> "cn=3DMyServer,ou=3DDomain Controllers,dc=3DMyDomain,dc=3Dcom" is a DC,
t=
hen you
> will find the object "cn=3DNTDS
>
Setting,cn=3DMyServer,cn=3DMySite,cn=3DMyDomain,cn=3DSites,cn=3DConfigura=
tion,dc=3DMyDo=ADmain,dc=3Dcom".
>
> --
> Richard Mueller
> MVP Directory Services
> Hilltop Lab -http://www.rlmueller.net
> --


Thanks Richard! This information was helpful.
 




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Determining DC based on Active Directory attribute of Computer o
Rupesh <rupesh.khetawa  2008-08-01 05:03:36 
Re: Determining DC based on Active Directory attribute of Comput
"Richard Mueller [MV  2008-08-01 07:42:15 
Re: Determining DC based on Active Directory attribute of Comput
Rupesh <rupesh.khetawa  2008-08-04 05:40:03 

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