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How to force resync between PBIS and AD on Linux

Posted on February 12, 2020 by SoCRaT

In case you made a change on your AD, such as modifying groups or changing attributes of a user, it sometimes take a little while to reflect that on the Linux server that authenticates against AD via PBIS. The best … Continue reading →

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Search for an AD user using PBIS and userid

Posted on September 17, 2017 by SoCRaT

Let’s say I have a user id in Linux 234234234 and I need to check which user that represents in Active Directory. All I need is: pbis enum-users | grep -B 5 -A 5 234234234 where: enum-users: returns all users … Continue reading →

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What to do if docker on Ubuntu doesn’t recognize addition of a user to its group when using PBIS with AD

Posted on August 6, 2017 by SoCRaT

You add a user to group docker so that you can run docker commands without having to be root or a sudoer. On an Ubuntu 16.04 server which authenticates against AD using PBIS, I added users to group docker, but … Continue reading →

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