RE: Exporting GPOs from Active Directory

From: securityfocus@leafgrove.com
Date: 07/23/02 

From: <securityfocus@leafgrove.com>
To: "'Laura A. Robinson'" <larobins@bellatlantic.net>, "'David Vincent'" <david.vincent@mightyoaks.com>, "'Focus-Ms (E-mail)'" <focus-ms@securityfocus.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 09:06:41 +0100

Laura/David et al

Microsoft does not currently provide a method of importing/exporting
GPOs. However there is a tool in the works called the Group Policy
Management Console (GPMC). This is currently in development and we have
been told to expect a limited early release around August. The GPMC is
supposed to be the panacea for all GPO related management!

We also looked into exporting/importing programmatically, but as MS do
not currently provide an API that exposes GPOs we were stumped there as
well.

It looks like your choices are the links Laura provides (below)

Regards

James D. Stallard

-----Original Message-----
From: Laura A. Robinson [mailto:larobins@bellatlantic.net]
Sent: 22 July 2002 20:41
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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