Re: how do I logon to local admin on server 2003 doman

Hi Paul,
Yes this is a domain controller and I have a 2000 server that is a domain
controller also. When the server crashed I called Dell support and the tech
walked me through the boot from cd and recovery mode. He wanted to do a
chkdsk but when you type in chkdsk it ask you for the local admin password.
I tried the domain admin password but it would not work. The Dell tech said
that the local admin and the domain admin as two different accounts and that
I needed the local to finish the testing.
Is this correct?

"Paul Adare" wrote:

On Mon, 19 May 2008 06:15:02 -0700, Sher wrote:

Hi all,
Had a 2003 server crash. Got it backup but discovered I did not have local
password to use to do a chkdsk.

First question is why do you assume that you need to be local administrator
to perform a chkdsk? Domain Admins, by default are local administrators.
Unless you've changed this behaviour then you don't need to log on as the
local admin to start a chkdsk.

My question is now that the server is backup how do I logon as local
administrator to test my password. When I log off as domain administrator
the drop down box to logon does not have an option to logon as local admin.
It only shows my domain.
Do I need to restart the server and hit a function key or something? I just
wanted to test the local admin password so that next time I need it I will
know what it is.

Are you sure this isn't a domain controller? If it is, there is no local
administrator.


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