SHIFT-WIKI - Sjoerd Hooft's InFormation Technology
This WIKI is my personal documentation blog. Please enjoy it and feel free to reach out through blue sky if you have a question, remark, improvement or observation. See below for the latest additions, or use the search or tags to browse for content.
Cisco Port Speed
Summary: This is an example of an interface on a cisco switch with the port speed configured:
Date: Around 2010
Refactor: 21 February 2025: Checked links and formatting.
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/18 switchport access vlan 150 switchport mode access duplex full speed 100 spanning-tree portfast
Cisco ASA Firewall Authentication
Summary: Information all around on Cisco ASA Firewall Authentication.
Date: Around 2017
Refactor: 20 February 2025: Checked links and formatting.
This is a page with information about cisco authentication on an ASA firewall, and it is an addon to the Cisco Radius Authentication on Active Directory 2008 article.
All commands assume you've already logged on to the switch with privilege level 15 access and are already in config mode (conf t).
Cisco Authentication
Summary: Information all around on Cisco Authentication
Date: Around 2009
Refactor: 21 February 2025: Checked links and formatting.
This is a page with information about cisco authentication. It is an addon to the Cisco Radius Authentication on Active Directory 2008 article.
All commands assume you've already logged on to the switch with privilege level 15 access and are already in config mode (conf t).
AD Identity Management for Unix
Summary: How to install and configure AD Identity Management for Unix.
Date: Around 2015
Refactor: 20 February 2025: Checked links and formatting.
When connecting Solaris, Linux, AIX or whatever unix based service to Active Directory you'll have to install Identity Management for Unix on each domain controller that will be used for UNIX based authentication. The reason you need to do this on each domain controller is that the service is actually a role service, and role services need to be installed on each server performing that role. Identity Management for Unix is a Role Service and part of the Active Directory Domain Service role, as you can see in Server Manager, which will be used to install the role service:
After clicking the “Add Role Services” the corresponding wizard start allowing you to select the Identity Management for Unix service. Deselect the Password Synchronization options, we won't store passwords locally on the unix servers so we won't need this:
Confirm the selection and click Install to start the installation:
The installation starts:
When done the wizard tells you to reboot, which you must do:
After the reboot the server manager will show you the successful installation of Identity Management for Unix:
