ADFS (Active Directory Federation Services) not starting after reboot

Hi all,

I have stuck with one of the problem where ADFS was not starting after rebooting the PC.

Solution from different sources worked for me

Try your luck.

ADFS not starting issue solution

1. Start "Microsoft Key Distribution Service"
2. Start "Windows Internal Database"
3. Start "Active Directory Federation Services"

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Add custom user/system attributes in Active Directory

Hi folks,

Today I'll explain the procedure to add and verify the custom user attributes in Active Directory.

Mount the Directory Schema

1. Open Command Prompt in Administrator mode
• Start -> cmd -> Right click and select "Run as Administrator"
2. Mount the directory schema command
• cmd> regsvr32 schmmgmt.dll
3. You will be notified with command success pop-up
• Click on Ok

Creating Custom Attribute

• Open mmc (Management Console)
• Click on "File" menu and select "Add/Remove Snap in.."
• From "Available snap-ins" section, click "Active Directory Schema"
• Click on "Add"

• "Active Directory Schema" should be added to "Selected snap-ins" section and click "Ok"
• You will be viewing the "Active Directory Schema" in the console
• Expand and select "Attributes"
• Right click and choose "New" and select "Attribute" as shown below

• A warning pop-up shows, click Continue

• Create New Attribute pop-up opens up
• Enter the custom attribute details
• Enter the Object ID as per Reference 1

• Select the Syntax from the list

• Check Multi-Valued option based on your requirement
• Click Ok

Adding to User Class

• Newly created custom attribute has to be mapped to any one of the class (Computer, user etc)
• To add it to user
• (Classes -> User -> Properties -> "Add")
• Select the custom attribute

Restarting ADDS (Active Directory Domain Service)

• Open Services
• Start -> Run -> services.msc
• Navigate to Active Directory Domain Service
• Restart the service

Verification

• Open "Active Directory Users and Computers"
• Go to "Users"
• Click on any user and view properties
• Click on "Attribute Editor" tab
• Navigate to your custom tab

References

1. https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/20319.how-to-create-a-custom-attribute-in-active-directory.aspx
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__92mHwyZ3Q

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Truecrypt Mount and Unmount in Windows

Hi friends,

I would like to share the information of mounting and unmounting truecrypt in windows

Please find the batch file here

https://gist.github.com/psrdotcom/8350f1469a7a396a886e86b3f29ef38a#file-truecryptmountunmount-bat

With the above batch file, you should be able to do following functionalities

1. Mount a folder as drive
2. Unmount the drive

Hope, this information is useful to you.

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Ubuntu and Windows system level utilities

Hi friends,

Please find the below links to customize or maintain your OS.

Recover data in Ubuntu
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/15761/recover-data-like-a-forensics-expert-using-an-ubuntu-live-cd/

Ubuntu LiveCD Customization from scratch
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomizationFromScratch

Boot windows7 from USB
http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-install-windows-7vista-from-usb-drive-detailed-100-working-guide/
http://kmwoley.com/blog/?p=345

Windows OS Updates(SP?)
http://www.bootdisk.com/

Partition and Back utilities

Backup
http://www.todo-backup.com/products/home/free-backup-software.htm

partition
http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm

disk to disk copy
http://www.easeus.com/disk-copy/

Data Recovery
http://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/free-data-recovery-software.htm

Hope the above tools will be useful for you.

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Docker postgres db to local volume/drive for persistent storage permanently

Hi all,

Today, I would be explaining the way to maintain the DB with data persistent when connecting to docker.

System Status

Postgresql DB container is in Docker
Windows 10 PC
Linux containers

Issue

Whenever I restart docker/PC the database wiped off due to container is stopped.

Solution

Create a docker volume

Syntax: docker volume create <>
Example: docker volume create pgdata

Start the container with volume option

Syntax: docker run --rm --name <> -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=<> -d -p 5432:5432 -v <>:/var/lib/postgresql/data <>
Example: docker run --rm --name pgcontainer -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=MyPassword -d -p 5432:5432 -v pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data postgres

Now, you can run all your database commands

Upon restart also, your data should be safe.

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node server address in use error resolution for Windows and Linux machines

Hi friends,

Today, I have come across a situation, where my node server existed unproperly and address has been blocked. Because of which, I am unable to run the node server on the same port.

System configuration

Running my node server on port 3000.

Resolution

Windows Machine

We will first try to find whether the port has been still in listening mode.
> netstat -ano | find "LISTENING" | find "3000"
When the above command returns result then take the last number (Process ID)
We will kill the process with the following command.
> taskkill /f /pid

Linux Machine

> netstat -nlp | grep :3000
> kill -9

Now, you will be able to run the node server on the same port which has been blocked.

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bash: C:/Program: No such file or directory error solution in git bash with windows directory path having spaces

Hi friends,

Today, I have come across a situation where I have to execute the gitbash on windows with linux commands.

The escape character doesn't alone solve the problem

Problem

Setting up an alias for bash where the path includes space

$ alias DOCKER_HOME=C:/Program Files/Docker/Docker

Error

bash: C:/Program: No such file or directory

Solution

$ alias DOCKER_HOME=C:/"Program\ Files"/Docker/Docker

Hope my solution helps you in resolving the issue.

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