Questions tagged [directory-services]
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No rootDN in DIT after setting up OpenLDAP in Ubuntu 22.04
I am new to LDAP and Directory Services in general (My goal is to import ldif files containing certificates from a Public Key Directory (pkddownloadsg.icao.int/download)).
But I am already failing at ...
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AWS AD connector to on premise AD failed
I am attempting to setup AWS AD Connector to our on-premise Active Directory by following Amazon document "AD Connector Prerequisites".
The status is Failed with the following error.
Connectivity ...
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Upgrading Windows Server + Domain Controller to Windows Server 2019 - Fails On "ADPrep.exe"
I'm am using the instructions here to upgrade my Windows Server 2012 AD Controller to Windows Server 2019. This server is a isolated AD controller that has no other server/clients connected to it in ...
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Directory-Service-SAM Error
In the Windows System event log, there are errors from Directory-Services-SAM. It is saying "The request for a new account-identifier pool failed. The operation will be retried until the request ...
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ODSEE 11.1.1.7 pagination support
I installed Oracle Directory Services Enterprise Edition 11.1.1.7 and it by default does not support pagination critical extension. I searched in the web and
found that ODSEE 5.2 has not been ...
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Is there any relation between LDAP and SNMP? Can SNMP exist without LDAP?
I understand that SNMP is a protocol for managing (view/update) system resources information remotely and LDAP is a protocol to access and use directory services information.
But is there any ...
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How to check AD DS domain/forest functional level from domain joined workstation?
Is it possible to define AD DS domain/forest functional levels from domain joined workstation? Preferably through CLI/PS and if possible w/o Domain Admin rights...
How I can accomplish it?
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Active Directory in EC2: Can't create new users
I'm trying to set up a series of EC2 instances running Windows Server 2012 connected with Active Directory. This is a new AWS account and I've only done the following: created a VPC with a public and ...
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How to search based on custom attribute?
I have some special custom attributes with my ldap setup. I have a custom attribute called GroupCode. I have bunch of entries with this special attribute that I was able to write to the ldap database. ...
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In the context of Active Directory, what does "single schema" mean and why is this an advantage?
in my learning of AD DS Ecosystem I came across with this definition [link]:
By using the Windows Server® 2008 Active Directory® Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) role, formerly known as ...
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Add daemon account on OS X
I'm trying to manually install a daemon (Oracle Grid Engine) on my machine, and I would like it to run under an isolated account. What is the preferred way, using Directory Services, to add a "system" ...
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Performing Nonauthoritative restore of AD on offline DC
I have a domain controller that's been offline for 3 months. If I bring it back online normally, it will cause issues due to the tombstone life now being over the 60 day expiry. What's the best method ...
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redhat-idm-console removing or adding accounts takes a longtime to take effect
Using the redhat-idm-console tool often takes a long time to allow the changes to be reflected in directory services. Closing Firefox and clearing the cache does not seem to have any noticeable effect....
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How to relocate the database directory for Red Hat Directory Server 9.0
I am running RHDS in a VM, but would like to store the data and logs on a separate volume, that is on a SAN. The partition is ext4fs on /sdb1 and is mounted as /data.
I tried many variations of the ...
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Open Directory authenticated bind succeeds, but creates incomplete record
I have about a dozen Macs running 10.6.7 or 10.6.8, which are all failing to bind properly to my new 10.7.4 Server OD.
I can bind them just fine via Directory Utility or dsconfigldap, and it reports ...
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What are the differences in schemas of main directory servers?
Active Directory, OpenLDAP or Apple's Open Directory have different schemas for holding user info and group membership. Having a Open Directory here I can say for example that user's Distinguished ...
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It looks like somebody is using my Mac OS X server to brute force attack another server which is LDAP. What can I do to stop it?
An LDAP server on another is reporting an unusually large number of attempts to read the LDAP directory and attempting a number of users, all of which look like hacking attempts to read user/password ...
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Reset dscl UniqueID and PrimaryGroupID of root to 0 on Mac OS X
Because of a very faulty script my root's PrimaryGroupID is 101 and UniqueID is 101. I have still an access to root, I can run sudo from my admin account, but the sudo and root do not have all the ...
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directory services group query changing randomly
I am receiving an unusual behaviour in my asp.net application. I have code that uses Directory Services to find the AD groups for a given, authenticated user. The code goes something like ...
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Demote 2003 DC from within Directory Services Restore Mode
We've had a child DC fail on us, and can't get into Windows on it as Directory Services is failing. A restore of the backed-up active directory hasn't worked due to a corruption, and so we've decided ...
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Guides to implement OpenLDAP just as directory and not to control Network access? [closed]
I have been trying to configure OpenLDAP in Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex but the guides I find in the web are confusing for me. I have had no succes.
I think the problem is most guides assume you want to use ...
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Scripting Directory Services without passwords
I'm in an environment where user/group information is maintained in /etc/passwd and /etc/group files, which are NFS mounted. This is nice because we can just edit flat files to change user/group ...
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