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  • July 14, 2000 at 5:15 am #2075275

    Verifying which DC authenticated

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    by carl_ramkarran · about 23 years, 9 months ago

    How can I veryify which domain controller actually authenticated my NT workstation machines and W95/98 clients?

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    • July 14, 2000 at 6:45 am #3790662

      Verifying which DC authenticated

      by neal1lb · about 23 years, 9 months ago

      In reply to Verifying which DC authenticated

      check the security log in the event viewer
      for each controller. should tell you who
      and when if it turned on.

    • July 15, 2000 at 3:28 pm #3790437

      Verifying which DC authenticated

      by zk · about 23 years, 9 months ago

      In reply to Verifying which DC authenticated

      For NT workstations, start>run>winmsd>network tab and at the bottom of it you will see logon server and that is the dc that autheticated the client. If you want the NT workstation to authenticate with a specific dc you can use setprfdc utility from sp4.

      For 95/98 machines, I am not sure. I think it also depends on the node type settings (b or h) on wins. Don’t quote me on that though. If there is a way to verify, I’d like to know as well.

    • July 15, 2000 at 6:17 pm #3790392

      Verifying which DC authenticated

      by nascarjoe · about 23 years, 9 months ago

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      For WIN95/98 machines you have to display the old 3.11 WFW logon message. Here goes:
      Edit the Reg. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\NETWORK\LOGON\ and add a Dword value named DomainLogonMessage and then set the value to 1. every time you logon to a domain you will get a message telling you the domain, the server, and what access rights your userid has. I haven’t tried this on NT Workstation yet but should work the same.

    • July 16, 2000 at 2:39 pm #3790335

      Verifying which DC authenticated

      by tstumph · about 23 years, 9 months ago

      In reply to Verifying which DC authenticated

      open a dos box

      Type set

      look at the %logonserver% variable.

    • July 17, 2000 at 5:34 am #3790165

      Verifying which DC authenticated

      by ustutz · about 23 years, 9 months ago

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      If you are running a logon script (BAT file), add the lines
      echo %logonserver%
      pause
      to the script (“pause” waits for you to hit ‘Enter’ to continue). Note that the %logonserver% variable is set only during the logon process. Once logged on you can no longer recall that variable value from a dos window.

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