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Troubleshooting Account Lockouts in Active Directory

Published 17 Oct 2018 Read time 1 min 22 sec(s) (1262 visits).

Active Directory generates Windows Events messages for each of its actions, so your first task is to track down the right event log.

How to enable Security Auditing in Active Directory?

Published 17 Oct 2018 Read time 34 sec(s) (1001 visits).

This is a short article with the steps needed to start security auditing within Active Directory.

Add a Domain Controller to an existing domain in Windows Server 2016

Published 16 Oct 2018 Read time 2 min(s) 0 sec(s) (1045 visits).

The procedures for adding a domain controller to an existing domain in Active Directory is the same, no matter which version of Microsoft Server you have.

Adding Users and Computers to a new Active Directory domain

Updated 13 Mar 2007 Read time 2 min(s) 7 sec(s) (459 visits).

Add Users and Computers to the Active Directory domain

Creating a Windows 2003 Active Directory server

Updated 8 Oct 2006 Read time 1 min 38 sec(s) (802 visits).

This article describes how to install and configure a new Active Directory installation in Windows Server 2003

How to Setup and Configure NIS/YP Services

Published 14 Oct 2010 Read time 5 min(s) 40 sec(s) (625 visits).

This is a step-by-step tutorial that explains the installation and configuration of ypserv NIS server and client.

NIS and NIS+ cheat sheet

Published 9 Jul 2004 Read time 5 min(s) 48 sec(s) (2832 visits).

This quick reference guide provides a crib sheet style listing for administrating NIS and NIS+ environments.

Solaris Name Services

Published 27 May 2003 Read time 2 min(s) 28 sec(s) (2677 visits).

With Solaris we have five name services include local files, nis (formerly YP), nisplus (NIS+), DNS and now we have LDAP.