December 2018 – Marco Schiavon

VCSA disable password expiration and change expired password

Published by Marco Schiavon on 28 December 2018

Log in to your VCSA’s console through SSH or directly. issue this commnad to check the root state : passwd -S rootThis is the output This is the meaning : sudo grep root /etc/shadowif there is a “*” or “!” after “root:” the account is disable!! Finally, to check if is it disable, type this command: …

Using Mklink to link one local folder to a mapped network drive “Access is denied on mklink”

Published by Marco Schiavon on 19 December 2018

Our setup… We need to link a folder (that not exits jet) in E:\ (local drive) to a share . In this case we need to create a symlink to a network mapped drive… First, we need to map the share with net use in permanent mode.. Run this command: net use P: \\srvvc\storage\test /user:\administrator …

Joing VCSA to your AD – Procedure to add Active Directory as your identity source in your VCSA environment.

Published by Marco Schiavon on 4 December 2018

Procedure to add Active Directory as your identity source in your VCSA enviroment.

Procedure to add Active Directory as your identity source in your VCSA 6.7 . Go to Administration, System Config Select your VCSA , Manage,Settings and AD. Put in the form your Domain,OU,Id and pw with admin rights. Wait the join process. Verified that your VCSA appears under …

How to add “DynamicDistributionList” to your GAL in the “All Distribution Lists”

Published by Marco Schiavon on 3 December 2018

I’ve noticed that , sometimes, the Dynamic Distribution List aren’t populated on the GAL. First issue this command to see who is in.. Get-AddressList As you can see, there isn’t DynamicDistributionList on the All Distribution Lists . So issue this command to add it: Set-AddressList -Identity “All Distribution Lists” -RecipientFilter { Alias -ne $null -and ObjectCategory -like …