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Set folder permission by OU
I'm attempting to setup folder permissions on my DC to a shared desktop. I have an OU containing the users I want to allow to view this folder, and a GPO which handles the permissions linked to the OU....
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Is it possible to set up an alias on an Active Directory domain controller Linux server? [closed]
We have a Red Hat Enterprise based Linux distro that is the domain controller for a bunch of Win 10 clients. Some clients are not in the right AD domain (they are on a former domain that was used ...
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What does "Promote this server to domain controller" actually mean, when the server is already a DC?
Apologies in advance, I've already Googled this and I keep finding things about domain controllers not promoting, etc. I found one question that was close, but they didn't actually go into depth about ...
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Windows cannot set folder security by user group
I have create a new user group [Group A] in Windows Server, create a new user [User 1] as member of [Group A].
If I set a folder security to [Allow] by user [User 1], the setting will work, [User 1] ...
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AD Query for non expiring password but filter only active users
I need to do query which filters users with non expiring password setup.
I have something like this:
(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(userAccountControl:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803:=65536))...
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Allow one member of a security group to access a folder, deny access to the remaining members of the same security group
I wish to know if the following is possible and how to apply it within AD structure running on windows server 2012R2.
I apply folder access using security groups.
Example = Agents folder can only be ...
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Get a list of all users whose email address begins with sh followed by any 6 characters
I want to lost down all users whose email addresses begins with sh followed by any other 6 characters.
Sh******@abc.com
How can I achieve that using active directory users and computers or Get-...
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Windows Server on domain, log on with domain user or local server account?
I have two servers set up, one is as active directory, and the other I am still configuring. On the server that is connected to the domain controller, should I be logging in as the local Administrator ...
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Configure Azure AD Connect
I'm trying to set up an domain in Azure AD Connect on a Workgroup computer. The challenge that we have is, we have a dedicated domain controller for the purpose of Azure AD Connect and the other ...
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Nested Active Directory Groups causes user unable to authenticate against application
User is placed in a global group called site.gg1
site.gg1 is a member of a global group called region.gg1
region1 has been added to the server local group, which is mapped to the application role. ...
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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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Active Directory Users Delegated Permissions
This is probably a dumb question, but how does the delegated user access ad to make these changes? I have set this up but a user cannot launch the active directory users and groups tool. Only admins ...
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Windows 7 / 2008 connect to VPN at login with Group Policy
I am trying to find a way to have windows 7 VPN clients connect to the VPN server automatically via Group Policy. I tried using a login script but it looks like the scripts are shared from sysvol and ...
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Apache 2.2 LDAP Authentication Error 500 - AuthLDAPURL
I have an Apache server on RHEL 6 that uses our active directory for authentication and when we added a new "LocationMatch"
AuthLDAPURL ldap://ad.company.com/DC=ad,DC=company,DC=com?samaccountname?...
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Full Permissions on Shared Folders for Local Administrators
I am not sure if this is normal or not, however it seems network shares on our domain are given full access to users that are admins on their local machine if the server\Administrators security ...
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Storing user profile in a corporate environment. Where, how and why?
I'm a programmer and don't know much about Active Directory, LDAP, etc. What I'm trying to build is some kind of profile web page for each employee where I work. Something similar to this : http://...
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Hide Total Size and Free Space on Network Drives
I would like to know if there is a way, preferably through Group Policy, that one can hide the total size listing and the free space listing on network drives. We have an active directory environment ...
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Active Directory Folder Effective Permissions of all users
I know that is easy to get the effective permissions of one group or user over a folder, but I want to know if it is possible to get the effective permissions for all users on my shared folder. There ...
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Who joined a computer to a domain
Is there an easy way to determine what user account was used to join a computer to a domain?
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how to add contact to DL
any one can help me to add a contact to Distributin list in Active directory.
Iqbal Sharief