An Invalid Directory Pathname Was Passed
Jul28

An Invalid Directory Pathname Was Passed

KB ID 0001338  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, Credits, or...

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Install and Configure Certificate Enrolment Policy Web Service
Oct26

Install and Configure Certificate Enrolment Policy Web Service

KB ID 0001250 Problem A client had moved a domain joined server into their DMZ, and while they had opened the correct ports for Domain Authentication on their firewall, no one had considered the certificates on the server which had expired, and could not be renewed.  Some research, pointed me towards Certificate Enrolment Web Service. Its job is to let clients enrol and renew certificates, from either non domain joined machines, or...

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