Testing for 2k boxes joining the domain

[Tom DE BLENDE]

I'm not sure if it can be checked on service level. 

However, if there are network problems, then those desktops can't get
an IP through DHCP. If you are using DHCP, then you can simply try to
ping those servers, as they will have an IP in the lame
Microsoft-I-Cannot-Reach-My-DHCP-Server-IP-Range: 169.254.x.x. So
pinging them on their normal IP won't work.

I don't know if this works for you. If those servers are not using
DHCP, then ignore what I said and tell me. I find this an interesting
one to have a look at when I have got the time.

One workaround would be installing a dummy service that you run with a
domain user account. If the domain is unavaiable at boot time, then
that service will fail to start as the account is unavailable. And if
that service didn't start, then you can check that with NSClient.

Greg Vickers wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> Just a question: how could you use Nagios to test wether a 2k computer has
> successfully joined the domain? We have lecture theatre computers that
> automagically log on when they start up. If there is (god forbid) and
> network problem or something else that stops them joining the domain, they
> will do a local login.
> Is there a service that runs after they successfully join the domain? i.e.
> so that we can actively check that they have joined the domain.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
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