Netdom

Netdom is a tool that allows you to manage Windows 2000 domains and trust relationships from the command line.

Use Netdom to do the following:

• Join a Windows 2000 computer to a Windows NT or Windows 2000 domain, and:
  • Provide an option to specify the OU for the computer account.
  • Generate a random computer password for the initial join.
• Manage computer accounts for domain member clients and member servers:
  • Add, Remove, and Query.
  • Provide an option to specify the OU for the computer account. Provide an option to move an existing computer account for a member client from one domain to another and maintain the security descriptor on the computer account.
• Establish (one- or two-way) trust relationships between domains, including trust for the following domain types:
  • Windows NT domains.
  • Windows 2000 parent and child domains in a domain tree.
  • The Windows 2000 portion of a trust link to a Kerberos realm.
• Verify and reset the secure channel for the following configurations:
  • Member clients and servers.
  • BDCs in a Windows NT domain.
  • Specific Windows 2000 replicas.
• Manage trust relationships between domains
  • View all trust relationships.
  • Enumerate direct trust relationships.
  • Enumerate all (direct and indirect) trust relationships.

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