Problem is that you need  dns_lookup_kdc = true in your /etc/krb5.conf under the [libdefaults] section file: [root@mysql01 ~]# kinit tom@mds.xyz kinit: Cannot find KDC for realm "mds.xyz" while getting initial credentials [root@mysql01 ~]# [root@mysql01 ~]# vi /etc/krb5.conf [root@mysql01 ~]# systemctl restart sssd [root@mysql01 ~]# kinit tom@mds.xyz Password for tom@mds.xyz: [root@mysql01 ~]# The other source of this […]

Reason for the below failure: The Active Directory Domain Services Installation Wizard (Dcpromo) was unable to establish connection with the following domain controller.    Domain controller: winad01.mds.xyz    Additional Data  Error value: 8524 The DSA operation is unable to proceed because of a DNS lookup failure. and the subsequent failure in Promotion of a Server […]

The full error is as follows: The Directory Server detected that the database has been replaced.  This is an unsafe and unsupported operation. The service will stop until the problem is corrected.    User Action:  Restore the previous copy of the database that was in use on this machine.  In the future, the user is […]

You are likely getting this error because you have the following checked off: Allow connections only from computers running Remote Desktop with Network Level Authentication (recommended) Uncheck this setting and you  will be able to log back in using RDP. We got this error trying to add a secondary AD DC to a cluster.  After […]

Move the windows server into a dummy workgroup then back into the domain it was originally on to resolve: The Local Security Authority cannot be contacted However you may get: The following error occurred attempting to join the domain "abc.123": The request is not supported. Checking the logs we see this: %systemroot%\debug\netsetup.log 01/23/2018 19:57:02:446 NetpIsTargetImageADC: […]

The key to this is that the enterity of the data HAS to fig into the new space.  If it doesn't, you'll either need to get a bigger disk or start deleting stuff off the old disk.  In my case the data was 120GB so it can easily fit in a 240GB SSD.  Now, if […]

Careful when copying or cloning using ntfs-g3 / ntfsclone command when using overwrite.  In the below example /dev/sdg4 is NOT the source.  It is the TARGET.  🙁 ntfsclone –overwrite /dev/sdg4 /dev/sdm1 Though nothing happened here, these were two test volumes, this is opposite to the way other commands work like cp, scp, rsync:  The last […]

If you get this error: Steam must be running to play this game (Steam initialisation failed)  trying to play your favorite game on steam, you'll have to make an adjustment to the binary file (in this case it will be abc.exe) to get it to work.  I tried to run the game by making the […]

As of chrome version 59, the option to drop the guest account is no longer present. This is a problem because if you enable supervised users that restrict access, the guest account will be available as a choice to any user, thereby circumventing any restrictions in place on supervised users. There is a way around […]

A picture says a thousand words.  Brocade DS-300B and a bunch of QLogic 4GB/s Fiber Optic cards:     # lspci|grep -Ei qlogic 03:00.0 Fibre Channel: QLogic Corp. ISP2432-based 4Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA (rev 03) 03:00.1 Fibre Channel: QLogic Corp. ISP2432-based 4Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA (rev 03) 04:00.0 Fibre […]