joining a Windows Server 2003 to an W2k AD domain

[dsv920]

I'm sure there is a fairly simple explanation for this but why is it possible to join a Windows Server 2003 computer to a Windows 2000 AD Domain when supplying a blank username and password. When you click Change to open the Computer Name Change dialog and type in the domain that you want to join, it prompts you for a user account that has permissions to join the computer to the domain. I click OK without supplying a user and password and the server joined the domain successfully. I don't see how this happened or how it is possible. Is it a group policy setting on the Domain Controller that is not set up correctly or what? Any advice would be great on this.

 

[gcdhnjgfhfgsxh]

sounds like a fault on one of the operating systems, have you tried doing the same with another os such as win2k pro or XP?

 

[sigeo]

Sounds as if you were already logged on the domain as an Administrator. 2003 does a lot of things you don't ask it to.