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    How do find the name of my Primary Domain Controller (PDC)?
    PostPosted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 11:27 am Reply with quote
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    How do I find the name of my Primary Domain Controller in the PDC, and how do I find out which domain controller I logged into? The answer is in VBScript.

    Copy the following code into notepad and save it as a file called "findDC.vbs"

    Code:
    REM if the clients are W2k or above, the ADSystemInfo object has SiteName and
    REM GetAnyDCName. If the offices are each in a defined site, then SiteName would
    REM be good. I can't find documentation on GetAnyDCName, but I think it will be
    REM the DC that responds first. It will be the DNS name in the form similar to
    REM MyServer.MyDomain.com.

    Set objSysInfo = CreateObject("ADSystemInfo")
    Wscript.Echo "ADSystemInfo.SiteName.:" & objSysInfo.SiteName
    Wscript.Echo "ADSystemInfo.SiteName.GetAnyDCName:" & objSysInfo.GetAnyDCName

    REM If the client is NT or above, you can retrieve the environment variable
    REM %LOGONSERVER%, in the form \\MyServer:

    Set objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
    Wscript.Echo "Wscript.Shell.Environment.Process.LogonServer:" &  objShell.Environment("Process").Item("LogonServer" )

    REM Finally, on any client (Windows 95 or above, with DSClient), the RootDSE
    REM object can retrieve ServerName:

    Set objRootDSE = GetObject("LDAP://RootDSE")
    Wscript.Echo "LDAP://RootDSE . ServerName:" & objRootDSE.ServerName

    REM The last will be similar to
    REM "cn=MyServer,cn=servers,cn=MySite,cn=sites,cn=conf iguration,dc=MyDomain,dc=c
    REM om", so you have to parse it for the DC name.

    REM There is also WinNTSystemInfo.PDC, but it seems to only be available on W2k
    REM and above:

    Set objNTInfo = CreateObject("WinNTSystemInfo")
    Wscript.Echo "WinNTSystemInfo.PDC:" & objNTInfo.PDC



    Save the code and open a command prompt in the directory where you saved the file. If you saved it in C:\My Documents, do Start Menu -- run -- cmd. Then cd \"My Documents"

    At the command prompt, type

    Code:
    cscript findDC.vbs


    The output will look like this

    Quote:
    ADSystemInfo.SiteName.:YourSite
    ADSystemInfo.SiteName.GetAnyDCName:YourBDC.tree.domain
    Wscript.Shell.Environment.Process.LogonServer:\\YourBDC
    LDAP://RootDSE . ServerName:CN=YourBDC,CN=Servers,CN=YourSite,CN=Sites,
    nfiguration,DC=ds,DC=uhc,DC=com
    WinNTSystemInfo.PDC:YourPDC
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