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I was able to run the following LDAP query against my Active Directory: ldapsearch -H ldap://$ad_ip:389 -x -D $ad_user -w $ad_password -b "DC=itdrde,DC=local" -s sub -a always -z 1000 "(objectClass=user)" "serviceClassName" "serviceDNSName" "objectClass" and got the following output: Name" "objectClass" # extended LDIF # # LDAPv3 # base <DC=itdrde,DC=local> with […]

I need urgently answer the following questions: At what condition a forest can contain domains of the same level? (or multiple top-level domains) If a forest contains multiple top-level domains, how to determine which of them is root domain? (with an LDAP query). And what does this root mean, if […]

Infinite redirect when link of form localhost/…/(…) is entered by not-logged-in user on Xampp/Apache serverInfinite redirect when link of form localhost/…/(…) is entered by not-logged-in user on Xampp/Apache serverInfinite redirect when link of form localhost/…/(…) is entered by not-logged-in user on Xampp/Apache serverInfinite redirect when link of form localhost/…/(…) is […]

I’m encountering a bizarre issue with a site I’m building on my XAMPP-hosted webserver. Under certain circumstances (explained below) I encounter an infinite redirect and cannot figure out what on earth is triggering it. Here’s what’s supposed to happen: A user, whether or not they’re logged in to my site […]

I am using zsh and emPTY (empty.sourceforge.net) to interface with the Stockfish chess engine (stockfishchess.org) which is an interactive program. I spawn a new process: empty -f stockfish I query the engine to see if it’s ready to accept the next command: empty -s "isreadyn" And then I wait for […]

Fixing a laptop that won’t accept flash drives. In device manager, the USB Mass Storage Device driver gives the error “cannot verify the digital signature” but it’s the built-in Microsoft driver. The driver works if I boot with the “disable driver signature enforcement” option.