An Invalid Directory Pathname Was Passed
KB ID 0001338 Dtd 28/07/17 Problem While attempting to delegate administration of an OU, I got this error; Delegation of Control Wizard The wizard cannot retrieve security information from the Active Directory. An invalid directory pathname was passed. Solution Took a while to figure out! The OU in question has a ‘slash’ in the name of it; Once I changed this to a hyphen, the error ceased. Related Articles, References,...
Using LDP to Find an Objects ‘Distinguished Name’ in Active Directory
KB ID 0001337Â Dtd 27/07/17 Problem There are a few occasions when you need to know an objects ‘Distinguished Name’ (DN). For me it’s usually when I’ve got a device that needs to do LDAP/LDAPS lookups, (RSA Appliance, Netscaler, Cisco FirePOWER, etc). Today someone needed to ‘bind’ a Checkpoint firewall to Active Directory, and asked me to create user, and give them the DN and password. I’ve...
Windows – Unable to Move an OU
KB ID 0001336 Dtd 26/07/17 Problem I was doing some AD redesign work for a client this week, and I needed to move an Organisational Unit (OU). However the domain had other ideas; Active Directory Domain Services Windows cannot move object {OU-Name} because: Access is denied. It wasn’t a rights issue, (I was an Enterprise Administrator).  Solution As it turns out, it was the same problem I’d had back when Server 2008...
Windows Server 2016 – Schedule a Reboot
KB ID 0001321 Dtd 17/06/17 Problem Back in the day we just used the ‘At’ command to schedule a reboot, but starting with Server 2012 that was stopped! If you try it now you will see the following; The AT command has been depreciated. Please use schtasks.exe instead Solution Launch Task Scheduler. Create Basic Task. Give the task a name, (and optionally a description) > Next > One time > Next > Enter the date...
Windows Folder Redirection
KB ID 0000467 Dtd 10/06/17 Problem Q: What is Folder Redirection? A: Essentially you can take folders that hold things like your “My documents” or your “Favorites” folder, and put them out on a network server, which is great if you want to back that sort of information up for disaster recovery. Q: What’s the difference between this and a roaming / roving profile? A: Folder redirection keeps information on...
Microsoft PKI Planning and Deploying Certificate Services Part 3
KB ID 0001312 Dtd 15/05/17 Problem Following on from Part Two, now we have an offline Root CA, and a CRL server, our next step is defined by our PKI design, are we three tier, or two tier? (Look in Part One for a definition). Solution As previously mentioned, Microsoft just treats Intermediate CAs and Issuing CA’s as the same thing (SubCAs). So the next step is identical for either. But I would suggest one difference, If I was...