Ramblings on IT and Security

Tag: Operating Systems (Page 3 of 3)

The Microsoft Root Certificate Program

A couple of days ago I had to deal with a situation where our vulnerability tool was complaining that the root certificate store wasn’t updated for a while. This process runs every 7 days, so it takes some time before you will notice any error messages, as was in my case. After doing some research it turned out that the update service for the Microsoft root certificate program was blocked. That in turn triggered me to dig into the more technical side of the Microsoft Root certificate program.

Continue reading

Managing SUDO from Active Directory

Welcome to the last of a three part series about Ubuntu and Active Directory. In my previous posts I explained how you could, in just a few steps, join an Ubuntu machine to an Active Directory domain and manage it accordingly. This time I’m addressing centralized management of sudo users. Meaning who can execute commands as sudo on managed Linux desktops (in my case Ubuntu).

Continue reading

Domain Join Ubuntu 22.04 to Active Directory

Sometimes you’ll be needing a setup that includes both Windows and Linux based machines for managing the infrastructure and data processing. Although joining a Windows machine to an Active Directory domain is fairly simple, joining a Linux based systems requires a little more effort. This posts focusses on joining Ubuntu based nodes (Desktop or Server systems) to a Windows Active Directory domain for simplified management and a unified logon experience.

Continue reading
Newer posts »

© 2026 Michael Waterman

Theme by Anders NorenUp ↑