fix domain name in AD

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Currently our AD shows the following domain.company.com anytime I add a new
object (user or computer). I would like to get this fixed to only read
company.com The DNS is also resolving to only the domain.company.com Please
help as this is one of my many items needing fixed before I migrate to a 2003
AD.

thanks
Mike
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Hello Mike.
I'm not sure what you mean here, if you have installed the forest root
domain, with the FQDN domain.company.com you have chosen this to be the
domain name?

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Christoffer Andersson
Microsoft MVP - Directory Services

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I inhareted the domain this way when I started the job. I am not sure what
the forest root domin name is. Is there an easy way to check and then if so
is it easy to fix.

thanks
M
 
If you want to use a disjoint namespace, you should upgrade to 2003 -it's
easier to manage. There is better support for this. Although, I've only
ever read of people using DNS sub-domains, e.g. AD domain - domain-name.com
but adding clients to site.domain-name.com, etc. I've not read of the other
way round. Although, one does assume that this will be fine. In 2003
there's a new attribute called msDS-AllowedDNSSuffixes that allows this
behaviour. In 2000 you had to do change permissions on the dNSHostName and
servicePrincipalName attribute for computer objects.


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Paul Williams

http://www.msresource.net/
http://forums.msresource.net/

I inhareted the domain this way when I started the job. I am not sure what
the forest root domin name is. Is there an easy way to check and then if so
is it easy to fix.

thanks
M
 
To get the forest root name, use the following script:

set objRootDse=getObject("LDAP://RootDSE")
wscript.echo objRootDse.get("rootDomainNamingContext")

(Paste that into notepad and save as filename.vbs; then double click the
file)

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Paul Williams

http://www.msresource.net/
http://forums.msresource.net/

I inhareted the domain this way when I started the job. I am not sure what
the forest root domin name is. Is there an easy way to check and then if so
is it easy to fix.

thanks
M
 
I ran the script and recived the following Info"

DC=domain,DC=companyname,DC=com

How do i get rid of the DC=domain.

I would like the domain to be mycompany.com?

Any help would be great.

M
 
Realistically, you need to create a new domain company-name.com and migrate
the users to it.

You can fudge it from the clients point of view, like I said in my last
post, but this could cause confusion and additional administration.

What kind of size are we talking here?

How would you feel about creating a new forest and migrating user into it
using ADMT?


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Paul Williams

http://www.msresource.net/
http://forums.msresource.net/

I ran the script and recived the following Info"

DC=domain,DC=companyname,DC=com

How do i get rid of the DC=domain.

I would like the domain to be mycompany.com?

Any help would be great.

M
 
The size of our domain is about 100 users and about 150 computers. I need to
migrate to a 2003 AD in the next month or so. Any ideas would be great.

thanks
M
 
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