Validating and removing trusts

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

After a trust has been established, you may need to verify that it is working as designed, or that communications over the trust are working, by using Active Directory tools to validate the trust's connectivity. It may also be necessary to remove an existing, manually created trust when connectivity between two domains is no longer necessary.

Task requirements

You can use either of the following tools to perform the procedures for this task:

• Active Directory Domains and Trusts

• Netdom.exe

For more information about how to use the Netdom command-line tool to create a realm trust, see "Netdom.exe: Windows Domain Manager" in the Windows Server 2003 Technical Reference on the Microsoft Web site (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=41700).

To complete this task, perform the following procedures:

• Validate a trust

• Remove a manually created trust