Unwrapping security on a 2003 server

Unwrapping security on a 2003 server

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Unwrapping security on a 2003 server Dave Sinclair 07-11-2008
Posted by =?Utf-8?B?RGF2ZSBTaW5jbGFpcg== on July 11, 2008, 11:03 am
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Hi Everybody/Anybody

I have inherited a small network (2 x 2K servers & 2 x 2003 servers). DC1 is
a 2K machine and DC2 is a 2003 machine. My Microsoft experience stopped in
the year 2000 so I was good up to NT 3.51. The previous IT did not leave any
information on how anything is/was setup. DC2 has been locked down/hardened
(what ever terminology you are happy with) or hacked (the previous IT was a
Linux geek).
Our main administrator (could have been renamed?) account cannot access DC2
(only DC2, I have full acces to any other machine on the network) and I have
tried all active directory accounts but nothing lets me into DC2. For
example, there is no service pack installed on DC2 but after I install the
network cards are disabled and they cannot be accessed until the service
pack
is removed. If I try and push Backup Exec remote agents - it asks for an
account with administrator rights and that is us stuck.

I wonder is somebody could point me in the right direction - on the later
versions of server is this a domain controller policy issue (although I have
had a look at all the configured values and cannot see anything that would
lock me out) or is it local to DC2. Another factor that may be in the
equation is that I believe that DC2 was built using small business server
version of Windows 2003 (although it states standard but may have been
hacked) and I believe SBS has unique security features.

Hopefully somebody will have a laugh at my predicament and point me to areas
that I should be looking at?

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