Active Directory Administration Cookbook

Preparing the forest

Perform these steps to prepare the Active Directory forest:

To prepare the Active Directory forest, run the following command:

adprep.exe /forestprep /forest lucernpub.com /user EntAdmin /userdomain lucernpub.com /password P@ssw0rd

Replace the value for the domain and the values for the credentials with values that make sense for your Active Directory environment.

Next, you issue the c command type, followed by Enter.

The following line at the end of the output indicates the successful preparation of the Active Directory forest:

Adprep successfully updated the forest-wide information