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Submit an openssl request file to a Microsoft PKI with certreq

This procedure will show you how to generate a certificate with this following requirements : a linux web server : a certificate request file is generated with openssl command a Microsoft Certificate Authority that will issue a certificate Follow these

Update multiple Bind zone files with sed

Problem description: Your DNS infrastructure is running on Bind and the operating system is linux. You need to update a host record (A) “private”. The current ip address is : 10.1.0.22. The new ip address is 10.45.2.1 Solution: To check

Wmic tool to check Active Directory replications

I have written a bash script based on the wmic tool (available here / procedure here) to check the status of the Active Directory replication between my domain controllers. The script performs these steps : list the domain controllers hostname+ip

Automatic security update process with unattended-upgrades

If you use/administer a Debian/Ubuntu system, you can automate the security update process by using the program unattended-upgrades. This tool provides a simple way to manage this task. To install it : apt-get install unattended-upgrades dpkg-reconfigure unattended-upgrades After selecting “Yes”,

Generates a full-memory minidump of a process

The original source of this function is available on Github here You can use this function to generate a process dump file using Powershell. function Out-Minidump { [CmdletBinding()] Param ( [Parameter(Position = 0, Mandatory = $True, ValueFromPipeline = $True)] [System.Diagnostics.Process]

Set PDC Emulator AnnounceFlag

With this script, you will be able to set the registry AnnounceFlag to “0x5” on each PDC emulator on your forest The script performs these steps : List all PDC emulator on all domains in the current forest Read the

Remove the SIDHistory information

With this script, you will be able to remove the SID History on all user account in a specific Active Directory organizational unit. The script performs the following steps : list the user account in a specific OU retrieve the

Create contacts from CSV

Create contacts from CSV This script create contacts listed in a csv file with this layout : firstname;lastname;email The legacyExchangeDN attribute can be found using the adsiedit tool or going to attribute editor in ADUC (Active Directory Users and Computers)

Create dynamic SCCM collections

Create dynamic SCCM collections Purpose : This project allows you to create dynamic SCCM collections with specific maintenance windows. This project has been created to optimize Windows update installation on a VDI infrastructure. There are some requirements to optimize these

Change a string in a text file

Change a string in a text file This script lists all files in a specific folder and replace a string within these files The following cmdlets are used in the script : Get-childitem : list the files to update Get-content