Even the latest versions of Samba via yum updates has troubles talking to Windows 2008 Domain Controllers.  A partial solution was found here. Upon an upgrade to the AD environment, winbind starts throwing errors like the one below: Aug 16 16:20:38 ourhost winbindd[2459]: rpc_api_pipe: Remote machine OURDOMAINCONTROLLER.ourdomain.com pipe \NETLOGON fnum 0x800areturned critical error. Error was [...]

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Creating a self signed certificate is relatively easy. Once the certificate of authority has been established, generating certificates off of it is rather straight forward. However, the commands can get lost over time since one is not generating certificates every day. To simplify matters, a quick script handles all of the necessary steps to generate [...]

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If you are receiving a similar email to the one below, it can be a bit misleading if you are using self-signed certificates. The warning below really only applies to purchased certificates, not ones that have been home grown. If you are using self signed certificates, there is no option to renew it. You just [...]

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