RE: Exporting GPOs from Active Directory

From: Garcia, Nicholas A (Nicholas.A.Garcia@disney.com)
Date: 07/22/02 

Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 16:02:17 -0400
From: "Garcia, Nicholas A" <Nicholas.A.Garcia@disney.com>
To: "David Vincent" <david.vincent@mightyoaks.com>, "Focus-Ms (E-mail)" <focus-ms@securityfocus.com>

I have always just copied the folder (%systemroot%/system32/Group
Policy) to the other machine. That has worked for me but I haven't gone
between domains.

-----Original Message-----
From: Laura A. Robinson [mailto:larobins@bellatlantic.net]
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 3:41 PM
To: David Vincent; Focus-Ms (E-mail)
Subject: Re: Exporting GPOs from Active Directory

Doh! Read "GPOs" as "OUs"! Sorry folks!

With that said, secedit does not export Group Policy Objects. It allows
you to export the security settings from that section of the machine's
policy, but it does not export GPOs.

There is no officially supported method for exporting GPOs. However,
there are a couple of ways to do it:

1. Purchase FAZAM (http://www.fullarmor.com)
2. Read these links:

http://www.jsifaq.com/SUBK/tip5300/rh5320.htm
http://www.mike-tech.com/article.php?gif=win2k&article=147

Laura
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Vincent" <david.vincent@mightyoaks.com>
To: "'Laura A. Robinson'" <larobins@bellatlantic.net>; "Focus-Ms
(E-mail)" <focus-ms@securityfocus.com>
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 1:16 PM
Subject: RE: Exporting GPOs from Active Directory

> sorry laura, but i do believe you are confused.
>
> you want to use 'secedit' to export GPOs, LDFIDE exports lists of AD
objects
> in Line Delimited format, it is the partner to CSVIDE which exports AD

> contents into Comma Seperated Values.
>
> check the help for more info on 'secedit' or the usual 'c:\secedit /?'
>
>
>
>
> David Vincent CNA/MCSE
> Network Administrator
>
> www.mightyOaks.com
> david.vincent@mightyoaks.com
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Laura A. Robinson [mailto:larobins@bellatlantic.net]
> Sent: July 22, 2002 9:58 AM
> To: hbcsc502@csun.edu; focus-ms@securityfocus.com
> Subject: Re: Exporting GPOs from Active Directory
>
>
> You can use LDIFDE to do this. LDIFDE (LDIF Directory Export, IIRC) is

> a command-line utility installed on Windows 2000 server boxes that
> allows
you
> to import/export/modify LDAP directories using text files. The utility

> is not installed on Win2K pro boxes even with adminpak, but it should
> be on
any
> of your server installations.
>
> If you're running it from a DC, you would just open a command prompt
> and type
>
> ldifde -f <name of file to export to>
>
> There'd be other options you would have to type depending on the
credentials
> you want to use to connect and how much you want to export, but the
utility
> is relatively self-explanatory.
>
> Some additional info:
>
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/planning/activedirectory/b
ulks
> teps.asp
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q263991&
>
> Laura
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phydeaux" <hbcsc502@csun.edu>
> To: <focus-ms@securityfocus.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 1:55 AM
> Subject: Exporting GPOs from Active Directory
>
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Does anyone know how to export GPOs in an Active Directory to the
> > .inf files? I am looking for a native utility from Microsoft ore
> > another
free
> > tool. Also on the flip side, how do I import settings into a GPO?
> >
> > Brian
> >
>

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