Release v2.4.0: DC clock skew check, SDProp/Protected Users warnings, and DSInternals install fix

Added pre-flight diagnostics:
- Test-DCClockSkew: validates local/DC clock skew before DCSync to
  catch Kerberos auth failures early.
- Test-ReplicationPermissions now warns on adminCount=1 (SDProp
  protected) and Protected Users group membership (RID 525), both
  of which can silently block or revert replication rights.

Fixed DSInternals update flow:
- Replaced Update-Module with Install-Module -Force -AllowClobber
  to work around a PowerShellGet null PublishedDate bug.

All versions bumped to unified v2.4.0.
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2026-06-09 13:32:21 +02:00
parent 6b2ae6c8b5
commit fc91f0d6b0
11 changed files with 71 additions and 14 deletions
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
$script:ElysiumVersion = '2.3.0'
$script:ElysiumVersion = '2.4.0'
function Invoke-RestartWithExecutable {
param(
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ function Test-ReplicationPermissions {
try {
$samName = $Credential.UserName -replace '^.*\\', ''
$adUser = Get-ADUser -Identity $samName -Server $Server -Credential $Credential `
-Properties SID, DistinguishedName -ErrorAction Stop
-Properties SID, DistinguishedName, adminCount -ErrorAction Stop
[void]$callerSids.Add($adUser.SID.Value)
# tokenGroups is a constructed attribute containing all SIDs in the user's token,
@@ -353,6 +353,19 @@ function Test-ReplicationPermissions {
$sid = New-Object System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier($sidBytes, 0)
[void]$callerSids.Add($sid.Value)
}
# adminCount=1 means SDProp is managing this account; it runs every 60 min and can
# silently revert replication rights or group memberships granted to the account
if ($adUser.adminCount -eq 1) {
Write-Warning ("Account '{0}' has adminCount=1 (SDProp-protected). It is or was a member of a privileged group. SDProp runs every 60 minutes and may silently revert replication rights or group memberships on this account." -f $Credential.UserName)
}
# Protected Users group (RID 525) blocks the Kerberos mechanisms DSInternals uses for DRS
$domainSidStr = $adUser.SID.Value.Substring(0, $adUser.SID.Value.LastIndexOf('-'))
$protectedUsersSid = "$domainSidStr-525"
if ($callerSids.Contains($protectedUsersSid)) {
Write-Warning ("Account '{0}' is a member of Protected Users. This group restricts Kerberos delegation and RC4 authentication that DSInternals requires for DRS replication — access will be denied regardless of assigned rights." -f $Credential.UserName)
}
} catch {
Write-Warning ("Could not resolve account SIDs for replication permission pre-check: {0}. Skipping." -f $_.Exception.Message)
return
@@ -409,3 +422,32 @@ function Test-ReplicationPermissions {
Write-Host ("[+] Replication permissions verified for '{0}'." -f $Credential.UserName)
}
function Test-DCClockSkew {
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory)][string]$Server,
[Parameter(Mandatory)][System.Management.Automation.PSCredential]$Credential
)
try {
$rootDse = New-Object System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry(
"LDAP://$Server/RootDSE",
$Credential.UserName,
$Credential.GetNetworkCredential().Password
)
$dcTimeStr = $rootDse.Properties['currentTime'][0]
$dcTime = [datetime]::ParseExact(
$dcTimeStr, 'yyyyMMddHHmmss.0Z',
[System.Globalization.CultureInfo]::InvariantCulture,
[System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles]::AssumeUniversal).ToUniversalTime()
$skewSeconds = [Math]::Abs(([datetime]::UtcNow - $dcTime).TotalSeconds)
if ($skewSeconds -gt 300) {
Write-Warning ("Clock skew of {0:N0}s with '{1}' exceeds Kerberos limit of 300s — authentication will fail. Sync the clock: w32tm /resync /force" -f $skewSeconds, $Server)
} elseif ($skewSeconds -gt 60) {
Write-Warning ("Clock skew of {0:N0}s detected with '{1}'. Kerberos allows up to 300s — approaching the limit." -f $skewSeconds, $Server)
} else {
Write-Host ("[+] Clock skew with '{0}': {1:N0}s (OK)." -f $Server, $skewSeconds)
}
} catch {
Write-Warning ("Could not check clock skew against '{0}': {1}" -f $Server, $_.Exception.Message)
}
}