NT Gatekeeper: Using Command-Line Utilities to Find Trusted Domains

These command-line utilities let you determine—from the command prompt—which domains a particular Windows NT 4.0 domain trusts.

Jan De Clercq

March 16, 2003

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What's the easiest way to determine—from the command prompt—which domains a particular Windows NT 4.0 domain trusts? Does the Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Resource Kit contain command-line utilities that can help?

You can use the resource kit command-line utilities netdom.exe and nltest.exe. To use netdom.exe to determine the trusted domains, from the command prompt enter

netdom query trust

To use nltest.exe to determine the trusted domains, from the command prompt enter

nltest /trusted_domains
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