mjstone03

I was looking into getting Microsoft Press books to study for MCP's in Server 03' but I'm not sure that is the way to go-people on Barnes and Noble reviews bash them(the books, that is). Does anybody have any opinions on which book set is the best? (sybex, microsoft, etc.) Thanks

I was just wondering what you opinion(s) are for the best book on learning/training for a linux cert, either redhat or linux+. Just getting some ideas. I'm gearing up for some MCP's, but I would also like to get a nice foundation in linux.

how are yah. I've got a few questions about Active Directory, so I hope there are some experts out there. 1. After installing AD on a machine and pointing to itself for DNS, then creating another DC on same domain and site for replication/redundancy, should each machine point to itself for DNS and the other for secondary? 2. Once first site is up and running I decide to make a child domain on remote subnet. Do I install DNS first or after promotion? After installation, if I want the remote site to go through first site to internet, do I have to configure DNS forwarding and put in those DC's as forwarders? If so, should I use recursion or no? Then do the DC's on the first site forward DNS requests with recursion to ISP DNS servers? Sorry if this sounds absolutely insane, but it's driving me nuts thinking about it. Oh yeah-another problem... When I initially tried this I could not log onto the remote DC after promotion(promoted using the enterprise admin account while logged in with local admin account). Why wouldn't that work? My head was about to explode the other night troubleshooting this stuff.

Hi. I'm trying to configure a linux(RH Enterprise Server 4) secondary DNS server for a zone that's hosted by a WIndows 2k box, both primary forward and reverse lookup zones. The windows machine has dynamic updates selected and zone transfers enabled by ip address for both zones, and a forwarder enabled- nslookup looks good. The linux machine has it's ip statically set with primary dns server pointing to windows, secondary itself, dns search path set. The windows machine will be promoted to domain controller after successful DNS configs. Windows 2k IP-192.168.1.254/24 gateway=192.168.1.254 DNS=192.168.1.254 DNS forward zone=abc.com DNS reverse zone=1.168.192 DNS forwarder= 10.71.100.100 w/recursion DNS dynamic updates enable for both forward/reverse DNS zone transfers by IP=192.168.1.253 -nslookup checks out Linux IP-192.168.1.253/24 gateway=192.168.1.254 DNS Primary=192.168.1.254, Secondary=192.168.1.253, DNS search path= abc.com, DNS Hostname= linux01.mbi.com How should I config the named file? After I configured the file the first time, I then swithed the network config so it pointed to itself for DNS first, then windows 2nd. Any pointers you can give me would be much appreciated. Thanks.

Okay- I configured the named.conf file and the windows server successfully pushes the zones. However when I check the log/messages file it says that the zone was transfered, followed by 'dumping master file-.....-: open: permission denied' something or other, followed by a 'failed while receiving responses, permission denied'. Not sure what to do at this point. It looks right. Here's what I've got- The global options are default(directory, statistics-file) }; controls { inet 127.0.0.0 allow { localhost; } keys { rndckey; }; }; zone "." IN { type hint; file "named.ca"; }; zone "abc.com" IN { type slave; masters { 192.168.1.254; } file "slave.abc.com"; }; zone "1.168.192.in-addr.arpa" IN { type slave; masters { 192.168.1.254; } file "slave.1.168.192"; }; zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" IN { type master; file "named.local"; allow-update { none; }; }; include "/etc/rndc.key";

I have a question that has been perplexing me for a few weeks now(it sounds so simple too): In a single domain, single forest network, I bring up my first DC and install an AD-integrated DNS zone. On my other DC's (some local, some remote, same single domain) when I promote, I look to that first DC for DNS. After I finish promoting(it never asks to install DNS), can I configure hosts to point to that second DC for DNS? Does the DNS zone data get replicated by default without installing DNS due to multimaster replication? I am seriously confused about this.

What's up. I'm attempting to install win2k DC's on 3 different sites. Each site will have 2 DC's, no child domains. 1 forest, 1 domain. I want AD-integrated DNS zones for each DNS server( each dc running dns ). How does this work? When I promoted the first one, installed AD-integrated DNS, then promoted the 2nd DC on the same site, everything worked fine. DNS was automatically installed and working. When I promoted the first DC at a different physical site (connecitivity was established), different subnet, it didn't install DNS or prompt me. When I try to install it it only allow me to install a primary or a secondary. Also, if I just decided to do secondary servers, are they AD integrated by default when pulling zones from the AD server? I hope this isn't too confusing.

I'm interesting in using a linux machine to run in parallel with the windows machines in an active directory domain. I guess my question is, is it possible? How would you enable a Linux DNS server to replicate to the DC running DNS as a Primary Zone (not AD integrated). The domain is in mixed mode and the zone transfers will have to replicate across three sites. Each site has 2 DC's hosting primary lookup zones. Also, not too make things more complicated, but I need to also run a linux dhcp server specifically for fault tolerance in case the windows one goes down. I know this sounds kind of vague, but I'm just looking for a general explanation, or maybe someone can point me in the right direction for some documentation. Thanks people.

Cool- good reading. I changed the plan though. The domain will be run in win2k native mode, so I'll join the samba server to the domain and attempt to recreate the shares and permissions on the samba server so I can take down the windows DC without any major issues. I need an opinion now, if you can help. Would you run a Windows WINS server if you were spanning 3 physical sites (one WINS server on each site w/replication) or would you run 3 samba servers, if you were planning on moving to all Linux within the next few years? The reason I ask is that I read that there is no way to replicate the samba WINS database. Just looking for an opinion really. Worst case scenario would be a whole lot of broadcasting over the WAN until names were registered I guess.

Lets say I created a group called "group1" with ten users, "user1,user2, etc." When assigning permissions to a folder(s) in linux, is it possible to assign r,w,x with the chmod command for that specified group, and not every group? Or is it the same as just giving ownership of the folder to group1 (chgrp)?

So if I typed - chmod 774 filename - while logged in as root and aiming to give rwx access to the owner(user1),the owner's group(group1), and read permission to others, that command will only give rwx permissions to the user1 and group1? Or does it give access to the owner, group1, and every other group the owner(user1) belongs to, if he belongs to other groups? Maybe I'm making this more confusing than it really is, but I'm just not getting it.

What I was looking to do was give rwx permissions to a group, lets say group1 with 10 users in it(the owner/creator of the file is in the group already). Others and other groups can have read access.

I can't seem to get disk quotas running with Redhat9. Everytime I modify the fstab file the machine will say, during reboot, it's dropping to a shell, in which case I run init 5 and change the fstab file back to the way it was. I guess my question is, do disk quotas have to be enabled on a seperate partition? I have 3 partitions- /, boot, swap(dual booting w/win2kserv.). I'm trying to enable quotas for the users(ten users, 20 mb each) home folders in the /home directory. Any suggestions? I think I've tried every possible combination in that fstab file.

it looks like it might be working. What I did was in the first line of the fstab file(LABEL=/.....) I added usrquota. Then I rebooted successfully and forced a quotacheck. This is the farthest I've gotten, and it's lookin good.

okay, here's the fstab file: LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1 LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hda3 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0 What I want to do is enable quotas for "/home" which is on the "/", on hda5. I've tried adding lines: LABEL=/ /home ext3 defaults,usrquota,grpquota 1 1 then LABEL=/home /home ext3 defaults,usrquota,grpquota 1 1 and finally /dev/hda5 / ext3 defaults,usrquota,grpquota 1 1 the 3rd one didn't give me an error, but I still couldn't start quotas.

okay, but when you do a chmod 774, or 770, does it only give r,w,x permissions to the group that the person who created it belongs to? Or does it give the access to all groups? What I'm getting at is, what if that user belongs to multiple groups? How do you specify permissions to that particular group? Now I'm beginnging to confuse myself.

Actually, what I mean is, First I create the users, activate them, and place them in the group group1. Then I created a folder named Folder1 containing various files. How do I give read, write, and execute permissions for group1 for Folder1?

How are yah. New to linux here- When I install fedora with the wireless card in it sees it and brings up a configuration window on first boot. However, it doesn't give me the option to configure it. I think it gives me 4 options-none of which seem to work (remove, remove and don't remind, things like that). How do I make it work? When i pull up a terminal and type iwconfig there are no interfaces. When I go to NEAT there are no wireless cards. I'm lost and I've had it. Any ideas before I burn the discs and fdisk the mbr?

Sweet!! It works. Thank you. I wasn't sure if this thing was ever gonna work. I'm actually replying here in linux rather than xp for the first time. Awesome. It's good to have forums like this with competent people. Much appreciated.

Nah, didn't work. The card does not show up under hardware tab.

No, I don't. I only have the laptop from which I recieve a wireless link through my landlords cable connection and router(which I don't have convenient access too). I started it up today without the card in it and it still told me it was removing the config and gave me the 3 options. I still chose #3(do nothing) so that it keeps asking me. It's funny how it knows the card is there but doesn't want to let it work. I don't need any extra drivers or anything special, right? I read something about how you can "wrap" windows drivers and make them work.

Which one should I check? Still lost here. Any pointer on getting that card to work would be greatly appreciated. thanks. I'm thinking "keep current config," but I don't know and I don't want to mess it up again. Linux seems a hell of a lot more complicated when compared to winxp.

okay, this is what it says on startup: The following network card has been removed from you system: SMC SMC2532W-B EliteConnect Wireless Adapter You can choose to 1) Remove any existing configuration for the device 2) Keep the existing configuration, you will not be prompted again if the device seems to be missing. 3) Do nothing. The configuration will not be removed, but if the device is found missing on subsequent reboots, you will be prompted again. -I chose #3 because both 1 and 2 don't really make much sense when you think about it. If I chose number one, it will remove the config (as the original notice states). If I chose number 2, it sounds like it will keep the configuration stated in the original notice(-card has been removed-). I don't get it. When I type system-config-network the card does not show up, nor do I see it when I try to install make a new network connection under the hardware tab. It's not there to activate. Yes, it is a PCMCIA card. Not using encryption, broadcasting ssid.

Are you using Nero 6 burning rom? You can DL the free trial, burn your image to dvd(it burns dvd's), then try the install. From a dos prompt/command prompt winnt32 won't work. You must run winnt(or winnt16, I don't remember, but I think it's winnt). winnt32 will only work within a 32bit os. do a "dir" on the i386 folder from on you hd and make sure the file is there. If it is there, it should work. I haven't used the amd64's yet, wonder how they are. good luck man.

To run 2000/xp setup from a command prompt you have to navigate to the i386 directory and run "winnt32" or, maybe "winnt64" in your case. I know that's how you do it in 2k and pretty sure it's the same in xp. >>I use roxio 5 platinum and I've seen the option to create a boot cd. I believe the program "isobuster" makes a boot image also. You can also just save the installation files onto a partition on your HD and use a dos boot disk to run the install. In that case you would use command "winnt".