Category: System Administration

Here we will discuss about the topic Active Directory service provided by Microsoft which can be well integrated with windows environment and as well as extended to Linux environment.

Let us understand what is Active Directory service and why we need it ?

Its a Database which stores information about users, computers and resources within the network and allow administrator to manage the permissions to access the resources and this service include several components as listed below.

• Domain Services – AD DS -Centralized management of users and computers and groups.
• Lightweight directory services AD LDS – Similar to AD DS but without using domain.
• AD CS Certificate service to issue and manage public key certificates
• AD FS its Federation service for allowing users to authenticate across different domains and system using AD credentials
• AD RMS -Right Management service for control and protect documents and emails.

In this post we will focus on the AD DS service Domain service for managing users, computes and groups

Root Directory of the Linux Files System (FS)
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└─── /bin	User Binaries
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└─── /boot	Boot Loader Files
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└─── /dev	Device Files
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└─── /etc	System-Global Config Files
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└─── /home	User’s Home Directory
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└─── /lib	System Libraries and Kernel Modules
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└─── /lost+found Stores Corrupted FS Files
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└─── /media	Mount Point for External Devices
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└─── /mnt	Temp Mount Point
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└─── /opt	Folder for Optional Application Files
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└─── /proc	Process (and Kernel) Information
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└─── /root	Root User’s Home Directory
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└─── /sbin	Essential System Binaries
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└─── /sys	Devices (and Kernel) Information
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└─── /tmp	Temporary Files Directory
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└─── /usr	User Utilities and Applications
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└─── /var	Variable Files