Re: Authentication

From: Oli Restorick [MVP] (oli_at_mvps.org)
Date: 08/30/04 

Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 19:52:38 +0100

Be careful when you talk of PCs authenticating and users authenticating.
Machines have accounts (and passwords) and they log in when they boot.
That's before we even start talking about users. I'm not sure of an easy
way to find out which DC a machine authenticated with.

Be sure you configure the site-IP subnet mappings if you're in a WAN
environment.

Oli

"HeliMan" <heliman@test.com> wrote in message
news:IvDXc.29503$a66.26840@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> That's the sort of info I am looking for, I came from a novell background
> where you got some visual indication that the workstation had
> authenticated
> with which server etc.
>
> I am interested as we have a WAN environment and want to make sure PC's
> are
> authenticating with the local DC and not one in another office over the
> WAN.
>
>
> "Oli Restorick [MVP]" <oli@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:%23qz7yL8iEHA.2812@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Do you mean which DC a computer used when logging on with the computer
>> account? If so, I'm not sure, but if you're asking which DC was usede
> when
>> a user logged on, you can evaluate the %logonserver% environment variable
>> from the user's session.
>>
>> echo %logonserver%
>>
>> If the result is the local machine name, it means that cached credentials
>> were used because a DC couldn't be located.
>>
>> If you want to establish whether the computer can currently find a DC,
>> try
>> the "nltest /dsgetdc:domainname" command. Nltest is part of the support
>> tools on your Windows CD.
>>
>> Hope this helps
>>
>> Oli
>>
>>
>> "HeliMan" <heliman@test.com> wrote in message
>> news:EHtXc.25014$a66.24607@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Is it easy to establish/display which server a computer has used to
>> > authenticate user details during login?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

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