We have a few earlier blog posts on setting up Linux based Samba file shares with Active Directory authentication.Similarly, there are many documents on the Internet on configuring LDAP authentication to Active Directory.However, very little has...
SSSD Linux Active Directory Authentication: Joining a Domain Without VPN
Azure AD Authentication to Azure VM
Many organizations are adopting a cloud only approach to infrastructure. Why wouldn’t they? It’s scalable with predictable costs, and it can be accessed from virtually anywhere. However, authenticating with services and virtual machines on the cloud...
Active Directory Authenticated CIFS(Samba) File Sharing w/Ubuntu 20.04
A while back, we looked at setting up a CentOS 8 CIFS file server with Active Directory Authentication. This blog will go through the same exercise, except using Ubuntu Linux 20.04 LTS. While there are many approaches to making this setup work, we...
Linux Version 8 On Windows Subsystem for Linux
*This Blog is an updated version to the previously published blog Centos Linux Version 8 on Windows Subsystem for Linux
Last year we looked at installing CentOS 8 on Windows 10 WSL. In the past year, there have been many changes to both CentOS and...
Log4Shell: rethinking your environment and using external code
Log4Shell (CVE-2021-44228) struck fear in many IT departments, CISOs, and vendors - an easily exploitable remote execution vulnerability in a ubiquitous Java module used by many, many applications. Companies are still reeling from the impact and...