Showing posts with label ADMT. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ADMT. Show all posts

Thursday, March 7, 2013

ADMT: "Unable to establish a session with the password export server"

About a month ago, I ran into an issue when using Microsoft's Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT) between a Windows 2003 and a Windows 2008 R2 domain when using the Password Export Server. The error I received was:

"Unable to establish a session with the password export server. Either the currently logged on user does not have sufficient permissions to call the Password Export Server or the account that the Password Export Server Service is running under does not have sufficient permissions on the target domain controller. Verify that the logged on user is a member of the Administrators group in the source domain and that the Password Export Server Service account can change passwords of user accounts in the target domain."


Well after a few hours of working with Microsoft Support, we figured out the issue was due to PAC Validation and that we needed to make registry change on the source DC running the Password Export Server. 

Here is the registry change:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\Kerberos\Parameters]
"ValidateKdcPacSignature"=dword:00000000


Tuesday, March 5, 2013

PowerShell: After ADMT Password Migration Fix

If you used Microsoft's Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT) for any major migrations, then you know that migrated AD accounts are always set for user must change password upon next login. Well in the target domain we didn't want this setting set due to were migrating the password from the old domain and had complexity filter set so ADMT logs would tell us which accounts didn't meet the password criteria.

Below is the PowerShell code that met our after ADMT user migration fix needs. I used a switch statement on UAC so that account enabled status remained the same. Be advised that this code will set the user account so that user cannot change their password.

<#
Script Name: AD_After_ADMT_User_Migration_Fix.ps1
Version: 1.0
Author: Dean Bunn
Last Edited: 03/03/2013
Description: Corrects ADMT Account Changes Regarding Password Settings
#>

#Create NTAccounts for SELF and Everyone
$ntaSelf = New-Object System.Security.Principal.NTAccount("NT AUTHORITY","SELF");
$ntaEveryone = New-Object System.Security.Principal.NTAccount("Everyone");

#AD Security Types
$actDeny = [System.Security.AccessControl.AccessControlType]::Deny;
$adrER = [System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectoryRights]::ExtendedRight;

#GUID for Change Password AD Property
$gapCP = [Guid]"ab721a53-1e2f-11d0-9819-00aa0040529b";

#Create AD Deny Rules
$adrlDSPC = New-Object System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectoryAccessRule ($ntaSelf,$adrER,$actDeny,$gapCP);
$adrlDEPC = New-Object System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectoryAccessRule ($ntaEveryone,$adrER,$actDeny,$gapCP);

#Array of OUs to Run Against
$adOUs = @("OU=People,DC=myCollege,DC=edu",
           "OU=External,DC=myCollege,DC=edu");

#Var for Counting Accounts Checked
$nActCkd = 0;

foreach($adOU in $adOUs)
{
    #Var for OU ADsPath
    [string]$ouADsPath = "LDAP://" + $adOU;
    $deADOU = [ADSI]$ouADsPath;
    $dsSearch = New-Object DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher($deADOU);
    $dsSearch.filter = "(&(objectClass=user)(sAMAccountName=*)(!objectClass=computer)(!objectClass=contact))";
    $dsSearch.PageSize = 900;
    $dsSearch.SearchScope = "SubTree";
    $srResults = $dsSearch.Findall();
    
    #Loop Through Search Results
    foreach($srResult in $srResults)
    {
        #Null Check on Search Result
        if($srResult)
        {
            #Increment Counting and Display Current Number
            $nActCkd++
            Write-Output $nActCkd.ToString();
            
            #Pull Directory Entry
            $deADUser = $srResult.GetDirectoryEntry();
            
            #Null Check on Directory Entry for User
            if($deADUser)
            {
                $deADUser.psbase.ObjectSecurity.AddAccessRule($adrlDSPC);
                $deADUser.psbase.ObjectSecurity.AddAccessRule($adrlDEPC);
                $deADUser.psbase.commitchanges();
                
                #Set Account to Not Expire (If Necessary)
                #$deADUser.accountExpires = 0;
                #$deADUser.setInfo();
            
                #Var for Account Status 
                [int]$uUAC = [int]::Parse($deADUser.userAccountControl.ToString());
        
                #Check for UAC Setting.
                switch($uUAC)
                {
                
                    512
                    {
                        #Set Password Never Expires
                        $deADUser.userAccountControl = 66048;
                        $deADUser.setInfo();
                    }
                
                    514
                    {
                        #Set Password Never Expires
                        $deADUser.userAccountControl = 66050;
                        $deADUser.setInfo();
                    }
                    
                    544 
                    {
                        #Set Password Never Expires
                        $deADUser.userAccountControl = 66048;
                        $deADUser.setInfo();
                    }
                    
                    546
                    {
                        #Set Password Never Expires
                        $deADUser.userAccountControl = 66050;
                        $deADUser.setInfo();
                    }
                    
                    66080 
                    { 
                        #Set Password Never Expires
                        $deADUser.userAccountControl = 66048;
                        $deADUser.setInfo();
                    }
                    
                    66082 
                    { 
                        #Set Password Never Expires
                        $deADUser.userAccountControl = 66050;
                        $deADUser.setInfo();
                    }
                        
                }#End of userAccountControl Switch
                
            }#End of Null Check on $deADUser
            
        }#End of Null Check on $srResult
        
    }#End of $srResults Foreach
    
}#End of $adOUs Foreach