RE: MKPASSWD on multi-domain systems

[<James dot Bassett at txu dot com>]

>On Sep 20 09:35, James.Bassett@txu.com wrote:
>> Greetings
>>  I have been searching the mailing lists and googeling every thing in

>> site but have not found exactly what I need.  I saw in one post where

>> mkpasswd had trouble when the PC was a member of one domain and the 
>> users logged into another.  This is the same problem we are having.  
>> I verified this by setting up a PC on the users domain.  I could then

>> make mkpasswd work.  The same PC on the PC domain could not find the 
>> domain controller.
>> Has this issue been resolved? I have tried the -d -u with userID 
>> Domain and I have tried both domains.
>
>I'm not sure I understand.  You tried `mkpasswd -d -u userId domain'
>on the command line?  And the error message was?  I guess something 
>with "Access denied" in it?
>
>The problem is that so far we don't have anybody who would be able to 
>test mkpasswd/mkgroup in a multi-domain/trusted-domain environment 
>*and* would be willing and able to fix mkpasswd/mkgroup to work as 
>expected in such an environment.  So this apparently boils down to
>
>http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#SHTDI
>http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PTC
>
>
>Corinna
>
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What I get is 'Cannot find PDC. Code = 2453'.
I would be willing to test and feedback (we have this type of domain set
up) but I am afraid my programming days were 20 years ago.  I wouldn't
mind taking a stab at it though I would need lots of guidance.
Jb
  

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