For last few days, I was trying to figure out how to set file system auditing via command line. I was looking for this as I had to apply some specific audit policy on multiple file servers. From GUI, we could do this, but it will take hours of manual activity. As requirement, I had to set Success Audit policy
Category: Admin Tools
Review/Discuss of various handy tools for Admins..
AWS EBS Snapshots Automation (Disaster Recovery) from Windows PowerShell
It is always a good idea to reduce hardware dependencies by moving your data to the cloud. Cloud is much more flexible than traditional hardware infrastructure including VMWare. But you still have to consider the ability of recovering data as and when required. This always helps you to keep your business running with minimal interruption. In AWS, there are several
Restrict Creator/Owner from altering NTFS permission
Target: Restrict creator / owner from altering any NTFS permission on newly created files & folders. Scenarios: Regardless of NTFS permissions, the owner, which is by default the person who creates the folder/files, can always alter the permissions. This actually causing a lot’s of problem, with this special privilege users can also block inherited permission and alter current permission. This
NTFS Permission issue with TAKEOWN & ICACLS
Most of us using TAKEOWN or ICACLS for taking ownership from command prompt, and both of them are simple to use. We generally use TAKEOWN or ICACLS with following switches to taking the ownership. takeown /F “PATH” /R /D Y /A icacls “PATH” /T /setowner Administrators But unfortunately, TAKEOWN & ICACLS both might failed on certain scenario, as there are
Nokia Lumia 800 Review – Amazing Everyday
I was N8 user for last 1 year, and till now technically its the best phone out there on the market. I was happy with my N8. Amazing Day 1: After announcement of Lumia 800 from Nokia, I decided to take my chance with new Lumia 800, so I pre-ordered my Lumia with 3000/- from Nokia Store, and I was
How to stop extracting/viewing users details from AD
There are several tools/script available for extracting all user information from AD. Any domain users can access this information by default. For an example, using following attached .vbs script, we can dump entire AD users base to a excel file with following fields.