NETDOM remove reboot not working

[Casey Chambliss]

Does anyone know why when I remove a workstation from the domain using the
NETDOM utility, that it won't allow me to reboot it?

EXAMPLE:
C:\>netdom remove wkstname /Domain:mydomain\dcname /Userd:mydomain\admin
/Passwordd:* /UserO:administrator /PasswordO:* /reboot
The command completed successfully but the machine was not restarted.
Access is denied.

It will allow me to reboot it when I JOIN it to the domain though.

EXAMPLE:
Y:\>netdom join wkstname /Domain:mydomain\dcname /Userd:mydomain\admin
/Passwordd:* /UserO:administrator /PasswordO:* /reboot
The command completed successfully.

 

[Ndi]

This might sound silly but I'm just curious. If you remove the machine
from the domain then you, as a domain admin, no longer have rights to reboot
it, right? I assume you can't remove after reboot has be initiated since the
OS might deny writing, as the station is shutting down.

IIRC if one is not on a domain, only admin and power users can initiate
system shutdown.

Ndi

 

[Bill Stewart]

Does anyone know why when I remove a workstation from the domain using
the NETDOM utility, that it won't allow me to reboot it?
...

It will allow me to reboot it when I JOIN it to the domain though.

Do you really want to REMOVE followed by JOIN, or just MOVE?

Bill

 

[Casey Chambliss]

I would like to remove it and then rejoin it. I think I'm having problems
with the group policies because something is wrong w/ the computer's account
in AD. I've noticed that alot of times when I remove and then rejoin it
seems to fix the problem.

 

[Bill Stewart]

I would like to remove it and then rejoin it. I think I'm having
problems with the group policies because something is wrong w/ the
computer's account in AD. I've noticed that alot of times when I remove
and then rejoin it seems to fix the problem.

Have you tried NETDOM QUERY and/or NETDOM VERIFY?

Bill

 

[Casey Chambliss]

Not yet. I just learned about NETDOM recently. I'll give it a try.