Find name of Active Directory domain controller - Server Fault
Oct 25, 2009 · How can I find out the name/IP address of the AD domain controller on my network?
windows - Resolve host name from IP address - Server Fault
Oct 13, 2009 · I'm looking for a command line tool which gets an IP address and returns the host name, for Windows.
windows - Current date in the file name - Server Fault
Jun 1, 2009 · I have scheduled backup script that makes the database dump. How can I add the date timestamp to the file name? I am talking about Windows and CMD.
Point multiple IP addresses to a single host name - Server Fault
This file allows us to default a specific IP address to a host name. The issue now is whether I can set multiple IP addresses to a host name. For example, can I do something like this: 192.168.244.128 …
Can someone please explain Windows Service Principle Names (SPNs ...
A Service Principal Name is a concept from Kerberos. It's an identifier for a particular service offered by a particular host within an authentication domain. The common form for SPNs is service class / fqdn …
Rules for Active directory user name string - Server Fault
Jun 12, 2014 · I have googled but not able to find a proper set of restriction in user name in active directory setting. Please help me in telling what are the special char which are not allowed in Active …
User principal name vs SAM account name - Server Fault
Aug 27, 2018 · I am confused between the user principal name (UPN) and SAM account name (SAM). Heres what i know SAM- Pre-windows name, for backward compatibility with Windows NT machines …
networking - How does Windows decide which DNS Server to use …
What algorithm does Windows use to decide which DNS Server it will query in order to resolve names? Let's say I have several interfaces, all active, some with no dns server specified, some told to
domain name system - What is the difference between Authoritative ...
I have the following questions What is an Authoritative Nameserver ? What is a Recursive Resolver ? Please note that "resolver" and "nameserver" are not exactly synonymous, and that you ask about a …
Active Directory: Changing a name - Server Fault
Feb 1, 2010 · I have a user with a typo'd name. For the sake of explanation, I'll say the username is lusername, first name Lindsay. Active Directory had the user initially named Lindsey Username, and …