Having recently deployed a handful of Ubuntu Linux systems for proxies and other roles I wanted to join them to Active Directory for Single Signon. Nobody wants to remember lots of different passwords, lets face it.
I came across a product called Likewise, the free open-source version is available in the standard Ubuntu repositories. Here’s a [...]

I was asked to remove a child domain at work today. Usually that wouldn’t be a problem but unfortunately the final DC had been wiped and not been dcpromo’d (Cleanly removed from the domain).
So I thought I’d document the process should anyone else find themselves in a similar situation. To do most of the below, [...]