[gptalk] Re: "Always use local ADM files..." setting oddness
- From: "Darren Mar-Elia" <darren@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 14:34:35 -0700
Couple of things here. The "always use local ADMs" policy does indeed only
effect you when you are editing GPO from a 2003 box. XP does not use this
policy at all. Strange, I know, but they never back-ported it to XP. So, if
you are using this policy in conjunction with the don't auto-update ADM
policy, then the behavior described below is as expected. You do need to
explicitly add (or remove ADMs) to/from a given GPO when you create it using
these settings. I guess if your ultimate goal is to always keep ADMs out of
SYSVOL, then this combination of settings works ok as long as you never edit
GPOs from XP (or Win2K). But if you do, then one of two things will happen.
If the ADMs are not in SYSVOL, then XP and 2K will choke because they don't
respect the "always use local" policy and expect to find them in SYSVOL. The
alternative is that you don't have the auto-update policy set on users of
those XP and 2K machines and then they will go ahead and populate SYSVOL
with ADMs. I like the approach of preventing replication of ADMs and just
using the PDCe as the system of record, but it does require a little extra
management.
Darren
From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
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Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 2:08 AM
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Subject: [gptalk] Re: "Always use local ADM files..." setting oddness
Hi tony, or tom if you preferr :-)
ADM files are not copied up to the GPO in SYSVOL for new GPOs
unless I explicitly add them using Add/Remove Templates in GPEDIT.
That's because your using a windows 2003 machine to administer your gpo's.
I'm using an XP workstation with the admintools + gpmc installed, and the
ADM templates in a windows/inf upgraded to the latest windows2003 sp1
version.
on creation of a new gpo with this the standard adm's
(conf,system,inetres,inetset,wua) are copied up to the sysvol.
When i do the same on the DC itself i need to add the templates manually
same as you.
Why this behaviour differs is unknown to me as both gpmc's are the same
install version through the same kit with the same settings ? .
Maybe Darren can shed some light on this.
Vriendelijke groeten,
Cordialement,
Kind Regards,
Schillebeeks Bart
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Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 1:27 AM
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Subject: [gptalk] Re: "Always use local ADM files..." setting oddness
Hi Alan and Bart
I guess I'm Tom and Tony? J Oh well, at least with schizophrenia you're
never alone.
So, what I think I hear you saying is that I should disable "Always use
local ADM files for Group Policy editor" and enable "Turn off automatic
updates of ADM files" instead?
When I do this I see some behaviour that I was not expecting, namely:
. ADM files are not copied up to the GPO in SYSVOL for new GPOs
unless I explicitly add them using Add/Remove Templates in GPEDIT.
. When I create a new GPO it loads all the ADM files from the local
%windir%\inf. I can remove the ADMs I don't need by using Add/Remove
Templates in GPEDIT, but I first need to add them.
Is this what you would expect? If so, it gives me a workaround but seems
kludgy.
Cheers
Tony
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Behalf Of Alan & Margaret
Sent: Wednesday, 04 April 2007 23:00
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Subject: [gptalk] Re: "Always use local ADM files..." setting oddness
Hi Bart,
I would accept "similar" :-)
I would just like to get it back to the old way it worked before Microsoft
tried to make it better! Only use the ADM files that sit within the policy
and never automatically update them.
Alan Cuthbertson
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Sent: Wednesday, 4 April 2007 6:34 PM
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Subject: [gptalk] Re: "Always use local ADM files..." setting oddness
Isn't that the same as what i've said, alan ? :-)
Vriendelijke groeten,
Cordialement,
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Schillebeeks Bart
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Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 10:28 AM
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Subject: [gptalk] Re: "Always use local ADM files..." setting oddness
Hi Tom & Tony
My take on this is slightly different. I prefer to disable "automatic
Updates of ADM files" and disable the "always use Local ADM Files for Group
Policy Editor" but only have those Templates in the Policy that you want to
use. This has the following advantages:_
* Limited bloat since there aren't many ADM files in the Policies
* Everyone sees the same thing on all machines
* You can have different versions of the same ADM file in different
policies
* Minimal display inside GPEDIT
* Other people cannot accidentally change your ADM files
Of course you don't have multi language support though.
When you look at ADMX files it moves in the direction of a single set of
ADMX files used by all policies on the domain. You can't load a subset for
each policy. This will give you Tom's problem of a very cluttered display.
It also means if you have one domain and a central store of ADMX files, it
is a bit difficult to test ADMX files, since if you get one wrong, no one
can look at any admx settings until you fix it. Perhaps Darren could tell us
if there is a registry setting to select a different location for ADMX files
for testing. But then, everyone does there testing in a separate domain ..
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Sent: Wednesday, 4 April 2007 5:56 PM
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Subject: [gptalk] Re: "Always use local ADM files..." setting oddness
Hi tom,
How is it going down under :-)
Normal behaviour since the editor just reads all the adm's it finds. In the
sysvol it's only the assigned templates in the gpo, Locally it's all of them
you have stocked.
Best thing to do according to me is to
* "Turn off automatic updates of ADM files" this will thus not
overwrite any sysvol adm templates with local versions.
* "When group policy is selecting a DC it should use PRIMARY DOMAIN
CONTROLLER" this makes sure you always attach to your PDC role.
* Disable ADM in NTFRS replication by setting a filter on the sysvol
replication "*.adm" in the registry , this will exclude *.adm files from
replicating. (you can find this also in a KB somewhere, lost the KB nr which
it was :-( )
You have thus a system that only allows ADM on the PDC , to which you only
connect to, your sysvol bloat is gone etc...
You now only need to maintain your local ADM files on your GPO
administration workstation to make sure they are the latest versions, of
course if you have multiple administrators you need to make sure they have
the same ADM's.
This way you will select adm for the PDC's sysvol , in a normal manner, and
only see those that you've assigned.
Oh yeah Don't change PDC roles , as you will have to re-assing all adm's
again (or copy them over first)
Vriendelijke groeten,
Cordialement,
Kind Regards,
Schillebeeks Bart
Active Directory Security Consultant
Small and Departmental Systems - NT Systems Fortis Bank
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From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Tony Murray [HIQ]
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 5:58 AM
To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gptalk] "Always use local ADM files..." setting oddness
Hi all
I'm attempting to implement the recommendations for managing ADM files as
shown in the following KB article:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816662
I've got a management workstation for managing GPOs (actually a VM running
W2K3 SP1) and have implemented the policy "Always use local ADM files for
Group Policy editor". All seems to be ok, but for the fact that GPEDIT
now loads all of the ADM templates from %windir%\inf whenever I open a GPO
for editing. As we have quite a number of custom and other ADMs this
creates a very busy view. The "Always use local ADM files for Group Policy
editor" setting appears to make the Add/Remove Templates option redundant.
Is there any way to have the "Always use local ADM files for Group Policy
editor" setting in place and selectively add in the ADMs that I want to use
for each GPO? Put another way, can I have my cake and eat it?
Thanks
Tony
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