Super simple Active Directory with Samba
I needed a super simple, straight forward way of installing samba on Ubuntu and joining it to an Active Directory domain.
This doesn't allow you to login to Ubuntu with domain credentials but allows you to share and access files with domain credentials.
Heres how its done
Problems installing System Center Essentials 2010
So, I spent 16 irreplaceable hours of my life trying to install System Center Essentials 2010 on both Server 2003 and Server 2008, both systems gave me the same, unhelpful error.
Here is the SCE setup log
Couldn’t send mail with MS SQL Server 2005
So I've been struggling trying to send SQL Agent job notifications to operators.
- Msg 515, Level 16, State 2, Procedure sp_validate_user, Line 19
- Cannot INSERT the value NULL INTO COLUMN 'permission path', TABLE '@temp'; COLUMN does NOT allow nulls. INSERT fails.
- The statement has been terminated.
- Msg 14636, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sp_send_dbmail, Line 107
- No global profile IS configured. Specify a profile name IN the @profile_name parameter.
[Snippet] Redirecting Non-SSL Traffic to SSL
- RewriteEngine On
- RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
- RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}
Redirecting non-www to a www prefix
This old chestnut again.
Create or edit the .htaccess file
- RewriteEngine On
- RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.YOURDOMAIN\.COM$ [NC]
- RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.YOURDOMAIN.COM/$1 [R=301,L]
[Snippet] Event ID 1056 Source Dhcp Server
Got the error
The DHCP service has detected that it is running on a DC and has no credentials configured for use with Dynamic DNS registrations initiated by the DHCP service. This is not a recommended security configuration. Credentials for Dynamic DNS registrations may be configured using the command line "netsh dhcp server set dnscredentials"
It suggests we use netsh dhcp server set dnscredentials. What it doesn't tell us is the full command, so here it is,
netsh dhcp server set dnscredentials <USERNAME> <DOMAIN> <PASSWORD>
Event ID 10015 Source DCOM
Got a locked down Active Directory? Or just a messy one? Getting
The machine wide limit settings do not grant Remote Launch permission for the COM Server application with CLSID {5A5AA0AA-1DEB-4683-96B0-B43301E83971}
errors?
Then read on!
Can’t install the Office Genuine Advantage Notifications (KB949810) update?
Do you get
"Installation Failure: Windows failed to install the following update with error 0x80070643: Office Genuine Advantage Notifications (KB949810)."
Simple. Start the Task Scheduler service.
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