skater coder

Has some useful info on how to use proxy bind

http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/f0db9c4b-5c40-4548-8ac7-677682a3ec051033.mspx?mfr=true

http://www.topxml.com/rbnews/XML/re-57984_Synchronize-Active-Directory-to-ADAM-with-ADAMSync-step-by-step.aspx

Good explanation of LDIFDE

http://searchwinit.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci1187396,00.html

Using LDIFDE to import and export from AD

http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/Logon/Logon_LDIFDE_Export.htm

More help using LDIFDE

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/237677

Troubleshooting LDAP Over SSL
http://blogs.technet.com/askds/archive/2008/03/13/troubleshooting-ldap-over-ssl.aspx

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;938703

http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/2f5d0612-75f9-4883-bf52-d11c7cda907f1033.mspx?mfr=true

http://directoryprogramming.net/default.aspx

http://www.uvm.edu/~jgm/wordpress/

Summarised from
http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowPost.aspx?PageIndex=0&SiteID=1&PageID=0&PostID=2987761

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Troubleshoot issues with Windows SharePoint Services.

Edit web.config to display errors 

If you get:
ExecuteNonQuery requires an open and available Connection. The connection’s current state is closed.

run grant_sql_perms.vbs script

If you get
ExecuteNonQuery: Connection property has not been initialized.
add the connection string from the external web.config to the internal web.config too.

ECST settings are in feature.xml file located at:

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\TEMPLATE\FEATURES\ECTSBase