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 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:
Enable Anonymous LDAP Bind in Active Directory
Summary: I can't think of a reason why you'd want to do this nowadays, but around 2014/2015 I was dealing with incompatibilty between unix and windows based systems. So, if you you stil have some ancient system and you need it, here it is. Enable Anonymoud LDAP bind in Active Directory, probably 2008 or 2012.
Date: Around 2014
Azure Application Proxy
Summary: The azure application proxy provides access to internal urls for your mobile users. It allow you to provide your users with an internet accessible url and it also show in your myapps.microsoft.com, making it easy accessible from your Intune Managed Browser.
Date: Around 2019
Refactor: 7 December 2024: Checked links and formatting.