Managing Service Principle Names

Does Microsoft have a graphical tool for managing SPNs? I know you can query
with setspn, but there must be an easier way, isn't there?

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Jeff Winters,
Rimrock Corporation
-Microsoft Gold Partner
-Dynamics CRM | Dynamics GP

Howdie!

Jefffff schrieb:
> Does Microsoft have a graphical tool for managing SPNs? I know you can query
> with setspn, but there must be an easier way, isn't there?
>

Not to my knowledge. SPNs are stored as a multivalued attribute -
there's no magic behind them as they're stored as simple strings. You
can write your own VBscript if you wish so.

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Florian
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You can view on user objects via ADSIEdit is about all I know, as far as a
gui is concerned

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"Jefffff" <> wrote in message
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> Does Microsoft have a graphical tool for managing SPNs? I know you can
> query
> with setspn, but there must be an easier way, isn't there?
>
> --
> thanks,
>
> Jeff Winters,
> Rimrock Corporation
> -Microsoft Gold Partner
> -Dynamics CRM | Dynamics GP

Hello Jefffff,

Never heard about a GUI for SPN management.

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> Does Microsoft have a graphical tool for managing SPNs? I know you
> can query with setspn, but there must be an easier way, isn't there?
>
> Jeff Winters,
> Rimrock Corporation
> -Microsoft Gold Partner
> -Dynamics CRM | Dynamics GP

Hi
In the new Windows 2008 or 2008 R2 you can manage objects properties
(including SPNs) using the Active Directory Users and Computers, this is
also true if you're using the Remote Server Administration Tools for Vista
or Windows 7.

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I hope that the information above helps you.
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MVP Directory Services

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"Jefffff" <> wrote in message
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> Does Microsoft have a graphical tool for managing SPNs? I know you can
> query
> with setspn, but there must be an easier way, isn't there?
>
> --
> thanks,
>
> Jeff Winters,
> Rimrock Corporation
> -Microsoft Gold Partner
> -Dynamics CRM | Dynamics GP

Do you consider ldp.exe to be a graphical tool? It probably isn't what you
had in mind, but you can easily use it to view, query and modify SPNs in the
directory. I use it exclusively over setspn for managing SPNs as I find it
so much easier to use it to check for duplicates and see what already
exists.

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"Jefffff" <> wrote in message
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> Does Microsoft have a graphical tool for managing SPNs? I know you can
> query
> with setspn, but there must be an easier way, isn't there?
>
> --
> thanks,
>
> Jeff Winters,
> Rimrock Corporation
> -Microsoft Gold Partner
> -Dynamics CRM | Dynamics GP

LDP
ADSIEDIT.MSC

it is just like updating any other value

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> Does Microsoft have a graphical tool for managing SPNs? I know you can
> query
> with setspn, but there must be an easier way, isn't there?
>
> --
> thanks,
>
> Jeff Winters,
> Rimrock Corporation
> -Microsoft Gold Partner
> -Dynamics CRM | Dynamics GP
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Thank you Jorge, yes you are right. If you have advanced features turned on,
you can manage SPNs on the Attributes tab in active directory.

Thanks for the tip.

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Jeff Winters,
Rimrock Corporation
-Microsoft Gold Partner
-Dynamics CRM | Dynamics GP


"Jorge Silva" wrote:

> Hi
> In the new Windows 2008 or 2008 R2 you can manage objects properties
> (including SPNs) using the Active Directory Users and Computers, this is
> also true if you're using the Remote Server Administration Tools for Vista
> or Windows 7.
>
> --
> I hope that the information above helps you.
> Have a Nice day.
> Jorge Silva
> MVP Directory Services
>
> Please no e-mails, any questions should be posted in the NewsGroup
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
>
>
> "Jefffff" <> wrote in message
> news:7E6EDCE9-C71F-48D2-97F1-...
> > Does Microsoft have a graphical tool for managing SPNs? I know you can
> > query
> > with setspn, but there must be an easier way, isn't there?
> >
> > --
> > thanks,
> >
> > Jeff Winters,
> > Rimrock Corporation
> > -Microsoft Gold Partner
> > -Dynamics CRM | Dynamics GP
>