Allow user to choose between domains?

[Polp]

Hallo
I have 1 w2000SBS running, and tight now I have finished installing
second TEST server with w2003SBS. those servers do not cooperate in any way,
except w2003SBS is using w2000 DNS.

because w2003 is test server, i want few user to have ability to login to
w2003 domain. I though after creating computer account in new domain I would
have possibility on LOGON screen to choose between domain ONE OR TWO or
local computer. But I see only actual domain I have regustered computer in.

Please is there any one I can let user to switch between domains easily
(without needs of registering computer in new domain?)

thanks

 

[Javier Gomez]

You cannot have a workstation to choose between domains (without the
disjoin-rejoin struggles)... you would need a 3rd party tool for that (i.e.
www.netswitcher.com).

 

[Rick in the Midwest]

I've heard of netswitcher but didn't know you can switch between domains,
thought now that is really cool!
But went to the site and this is half true. You have to have rights in both
domains to remove and add workstations to the domain. Not sure if I want to
give my users those kinds of rights....oh well I am still involved in the
process.

http://www.netswitcher.com/v3_faq.htm#DOMAIN

Rick in the Midwest

 

[Kathy]

You need only give the "Add workstations to the domain" right, not any other
admin rights.

 

[Chris Leech, MCP]

have possibility on LOGON screen to choose between domain ONE OR TWO or

local computer. But I see only actual domain I have regustered computer

in.

You will only see multiple domains to log onto when each of these domains
trust each other - since you can't do domain trusts in SBS this won't work.


What you can do as a work around is set your username and password to be the
same on all the domains that you visit. create a local user that also has
the same username and password and log on locally.

The downside to this is that you will need to map drives manually or through
Windows Explorer - since you will never go through the logon process for the
domain (or have AD policy applied to your workstation).

It also means that you will need to manually adjust IE proxy settings for
each network that you connect to and MS proxy client if you have it
installed.

most other things are pretty seamless as long as the username/password
combo's are identical.


The reason that this all works is that when you try and connect to a network
resource your workstation will pass your username/password combo to the
server and as long as those two match it doesn't seem to give a monkey's
about which domain you think that you are in.... (The sharp witted ones out
there will realise that this means that you can use XP Home in this manner -
which I do on my support laptop which travels from site-to-site).

And no I'm not suggesting that you should all go out and use XP Home instead
of XP Pro as your main workstation OS.......

 

[bielot]

Not that I know of. How about establishing a 'trust' between the domains?
That would let you control who has access...

John

 

[Javier Gomez]

Not that I know of. How about establishing a 'trust' between the domains?

That would let you control who has access...

SBS won't do trusts... so that is not a possibility.