How to know which Active Directory Server I've logged on?

[Guest]

Dear All,
I'm a network engineer in an environment with more than one Active
Driectory server. I'm in the need of be able to know the server of a user
remotely. Is there any command prompt command that helps me getting the
server name of a provided user? For instance I've installed Exchange
Extensions and now I'm able to get the Exchange server of a mailbox. What I
miss is the AD server. Any help?

 

[Jorge de Almeida Pinto [MVP]]

Each user's mailbox is hosted on an exchange server and thus that exchange
server is the user's exchange home server.

Concerning AD... users don't have an AD server (domain controller) assigned
to them. Users from a certain domain can authenticate against every domain
controller in that same domain. However users are located within a certain
location and a location might have domain controllers and thus one of those
domain controllers has authenticated that user. If a location has no
location then a user is authenticated by a domain controller covering that
DC-less location. When a user is authenticated by a DC and logged on to a
client the variable %LOGONSERVER% tells you which DC authenticated the user

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Cheers,
(HOPEFULLY THIS INFORMATION HELPS YOU!)

# Jorge de Almeida Pinto # MVP Windows Server - Directory Services

BLOG --> http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/jorge/default.aspx

 

[Guest]

OK, is there any scrip or tool to read that server which authenticated the
user?
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Marwan Kandeel
IT Department
STC Riyadh
Saudi Arabia

 

[Jorge de Almeida Pinto [MVP]]

an option is to write it somewhere in a log during logon using a logon
script (%USERNAME%, %LOGONSERVER%, %DATE%, %TIME%, etc.)

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Cheers,
(HOPEFULLY THIS INFORMATION HELPS YOU!)

# Jorge de Almeida Pinto # MVP Windows Server - Directory Services

BLOG --> http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/jorge/default.aspx

 

[Guest]

I've known the solution, I'll use the command "set" on the client machine.

 

[Guest]

I've known the solution, I'll use the command "set" on the client machine.

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Marwan Kandeel
IT Department
STC Riyadh
Saudi Arabia