Archive for the ‘Knowledge’ Category
Determining FSMO Role Holders
Friday, October 9, 2009 9:54 No CommentsWindows 2000/2003 Active Directory domains utilize a Single Operation Master method called FSMO (Flexible Single Master Operation), as described in Understanding FSMO Roles in Active Directory.
The five FSMO roles are:
Schema master - Forest-wide and one per forest.
Domain naming master - Forest-wide and one per forest.
RID master - Domain-specific and one for each domain.
PDC - [...]
Planning FSMO Roles in Active Directory
Friday, October 9, 2009 9:50 No CommentsWindows 2000/2003 Active Directory domains utilize a Single Operation Master method called FSMO (Flexible Single Master Operation), as described in Understanding FSMO Roles in Active Directory.
In most cases an administrator can keep the FSMO role holders (all 5 of them) in the same spot (or actually, on the same DC) as has been configured [...]
Understanding FSMO Roles in Active Directory
Friday, October 9, 2009 9:48 No CommentsWindows 2000/2003 Multi-Master Model
A multi-master enabled database, such as the Active Directory, provides the flexibility of allowing changes to occur at any DC in the enterprise, but it also introduces the possibility of conflicts that can potentially lead to problems once the data is replicated to the rest of the enterprise. One way Windows 2000/2003 [...]
How to transfer some or all of the FSMO Roles from one DC to another?
Friday, October 9, 2009 9:43 No CommentsHave you seen the Microsoft Active Directory 70-640 Training video by Train Signal? I highly recommend this course, as you will learn much more than you will from any book. It includes new iPod/MP3 versions of the course (when you are on the go) and Transcender practice tests to help you prepare for certification. The [...]
How to install Webmin on Fedora
Saturday, June 27, 2009 18:59 No Commentslogin to your shell, i will be using ssh so i send this command:
wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin-1.350-1.noarch.rpm
Once it has finished downloadin i send this command:
rpm -U webmin-1.350-1.noarch.rpm
The rest of the install will be done automatically to the directory
/usr/libexec/webmin
The administration username set to root and the password to your current root password. You should now be able to [...]
Install wordpress locally on Fedora Linux (Apache, PHP, MySQL, Wordpress)
Saturday, June 27, 2009 18:25 No CommentsThis is a short tutorial for installing WordPress locally on a Fedora 9 machine (with SELinux enabled). It assumes that you are going to set up a self-hosted WordPress blogging platform. I will present the whole working flow here, with some special concerns on SELinux issues.
Install the web and database server. Of course, we need [...]
Installing Apache, PHP, and MySQL on Fedora Core
Saturday, June 27, 2009 18:06 No CommentsThis will install the basic components for a dynmaic, database-driven web site. We use yum to handle dependencies and gather all of the required packages.
1. Install Apache (httpd), PHP, MySQL (server and client), and the component that allows php to talk to mysql.
yum -y install httpd php mysql mysql-server php-mysql
2. Configure the new services to [...]


