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Posted by Franc on July 7, 2005, 7:35 am
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Why must there be an easy way?? Because I'm in a pickle!! That's why!
It's purely a political issue, Olaf. I work for a government agency, and
our server envirnment is AIX. Our Windows servers are generally for special
needs - departmental file servers, print servers, and/or Web servers. The
agency has pretty much forbidden us to set our Win servers up a domain
controllers for fear of directory interference. Personnaly, I don't think
it's a big issue, but it's not my call, and much too big a battle for me to
take on. I'm sure you've been there. I'm certainly aware of, and appreciate
the niceties, and convenience of implementing a domain controller.
So, I'm merely trying to make the best of all worlds. That's not generally
the easy way.
I read a little about Remote Desktop yesterday, but I'm not at all familiar
with the implementation. I got the feeling that clients would be required to
have Terminal Server CALs?? Most of this issue resides within the intranet,
so security might not be such a big issue. However, one Web server that we
use is completely dislocated in another region of the country.
In any case, I really appreciate your insight. If you can help me further,
I'll be listening.
Thanks again, Franc
"Olaf Engelke [MVP Windows Server]" wrote:
> Hi Franc,
> Franc wrote:
> > Isn't there a simple way for users to manage/change their passwords
> > on a 2K3 server? The clients are all Win2K, and the server is not a
> > domain controller. All the solutions I've seen that suggest using
> > the NT Security dialog/Change Password button don't work, apparently
> > because there's no domain to define. There must be an easy way that
> > I'm just overlooking. It used to be so simple.
>
> why _must_ there be an easy way?
> That is the difference between the Domain with central user management and
> the Workgroup with local management.
> If you prefer the local model let the users go to that server and change
> their passwords there. Or use remote desktop for this - but since this is
> mainly for administrative purposes I would consider this also a bad idea
> from the point of security.
> Where is the problem to use the server as Domain controller?
>
> Best greetings from Germany
> Olaf.
>
>
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Posted by Olaf Engelke [MVP Windows Serv on July 7, 2005, 5:00 pm
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Hi Franc,
Franc wrote:
> Why must there be an easy way?? Because I'm in a pickle!! That's
> why!
hihi
> It's purely a political issue, Olaf. I work for a government agency,
> and our server envirnment is AIX. Our Windows servers are generally
> for special needs - departmental file servers, print servers, and/or
> Web servers. The agency has pretty much forbidden us to set our Win
> servers up a domain controllers for fear of directory interference.
> Personnaly, I don't think it's a big issue, but it's not my call, and
> much too big a battle for me to take on. I'm sure you've been there.
> I'm certainly aware of, and appreciate the niceties, and convenience
> of implementing a domain controller.
> In any case, I really appreciate your insight. If you can help me
> further, I'll be listening.
Check here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;149176
Changing a Password from a Remote Windows Computer
Just found searching something else, so you are right and I was wrong ;-)
Hope this helps.
Best greetings from Germany
Olaf
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Posted by Franc on July 7, 2005, 1:00 pm
Please log in for more thread options No, Olaf, you weren't wrong. This solution doesn't work. I found it
yesterday, and was certain I'd found the fix. It certainly sounds like it
should work, but unfortunately, it doesn't. A Win2K client doesn't offer a
From textbox, only Domain, and the error that comes back is "The system
cannot log you on now because the doman 'servername' is not available."
This time I did send feedback to Microsoft about the incorrect information,
but that email probably took a trip to Mars.
Again, I thank you for your willingness to assist.
Best wishes,
Franc
"Olaf Engelke [MVP Windows Server]" wrote:
> Hi Franc,
> Franc wrote:
> > Why must there be an easy way?? Because I'm in a pickle!! That's
> > why!
>
> hihi
>
> > It's purely a political issue, Olaf. I work for a government agency,
> > and our server envirnment is AIX. Our Windows servers are generally
> > for special needs - departmental file servers, print servers, and/or
> > Web servers. The agency has pretty much forbidden us to set our Win
> > servers up a domain controllers for fear of directory interference.
> > Personnaly, I don't think it's a big issue, but it's not my call, and
> > much too big a battle for me to take on. I'm sure you've been there.
> > I'm certainly aware of, and appreciate the niceties, and convenience
> > of implementing a domain controller.
>
> > In any case, I really appreciate your insight. If you can help me
> > further, I'll be listening.
>
> Check here:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;149176
> Changing a Password from a Remote Windows Computer
> Just found searching something else, so you are right and I was wrong ;-)
> Hope this helps.
> Best greetings from Germany
> Olaf
>
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Posted by Olaf Engelke [MVP Windows Serv on July 7, 2005, 10:49 pm
Please log in for more thread options Hi Franc,
Franc wrote:
> No, Olaf, you weren't wrong. This solution doesn't work. I found it
> yesterday, and was certain I'd found the fix. It certainly sounds
> like it should work, but unfortunately, it doesn't. A Win2K client
> doesn't offer a From textbox, only Domain, and the error that comes
> back is "The system cannot log you on now because the doman
> 'servername' is not available."
dang, Windows 2000 - my last local server I upgraded last weekend and
clients I don't have since a longer time. Mybe I will install one on a
virtual machine, if I find time and disk space.
> This time I did send feedback to Microsoft about the incorrect
> information, but that email probably took a trip to Mars.
* grins *
Cheaper than the NASA projects I assume ...
Best greetings from Germany
Olaf
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