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 […]
Monthly Archives: August 2025
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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 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 […]
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 […]
This document explains the Magento 2 order process, from adding a product to the cart to order completion. It includes the data flow and database tables involved at each step. Step 1: Adding a Product to Cart When a user adds a product to the cart, Magento creates or retrieves […]
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.
I have yet another newbie question on Active Directory. I was provided with an IP address of a Domain Controller and credentials administrator@itdrde.local. I was able to connect to AD with Active Directory Users & Computers tool from my Windows 10 machine that is not in the domain (see the […]
I would like to make my PC dual boot to Windows 10 (what I currently have) and Ubuntu. For this I would like to take one of the three disks I have with its data and mount it to Ubuntu rather than Windows. Can I do so just by changing […]
I am using an Arch Linux VM in VirtualBox 7.0.16 in Linux Mint 22.1. Currently, the Arch Linux is not installed and I am using the Arch Linux installation ISO, so I can’t do much. This also happens on other Linux distros, and probably other OSes. While the VM is […]