0×01 Remotely detecting directory servers

Most of the applications use directory servers such as Active Directory, eDirectory etc. Some of the applications even work with multiple directories. In such scenario where multiple directories are being used, there is need to know the type of directory servers without physically checking the system.

I myself had to play with multiple directory servers in the lab and every time I had to login to detect the directory server running on the system. Its often time consuming when large number of systems are involved.

To simplify this task, I did some research on multiple directory servers and their behavior. As a result I had comes up with a tool named RemoteDirDetector which scans the entire network range and reports the type of directory servers running on each of those machines within few seconds.

You can find my original article on behaviors of different directory servers here. 

Hope you will find it useful, do write your feedback.

- Nagareshwar

~ by tnagareshwar on April 2, 2007.