Linux/Windows administration

General information

In this course we will take a look at how Linux and Windows machines are administered.

Assume that from previous courses there is familiarity with: basic virtualization, networks, partitions, filesystems, BIND9.

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Windows:

• IP Configuration & Subnetting

-IP Adresses and Classes

-Subnet Mask

-Subnetting

-Loopback IP Adress

-Public and Private IP Adresses

• Windows Client Configuration

-Introduction to Editions & Features

-Create John, Elena and Steve users. John suppose to logon same computer Monday-Friday at 08:00-18:00, Elena Saturday-Sunday at 08:00-18:00, Steve Monday-Friday at 18:00-02:00.

-Group Policy Object Editor Examples; All users can't configure IP. Password Length must be 7 characters. Password must meet complexity requirements. Internet home page must be www.itcollege.ee . No more USB drivers. No usage of Control Panel. No CMD. I want to see as an Administrator who logged into my computer and when with different user credentials. No changes in system time.

-Sharing Folder Examples; Create a new folder name with "Sharing Folder" John and Elena Read Permission, Steve Read/Write Permission. Back Up Operating System chose target as "Sharing Folder".

-Bitlocker to Go USB drive increption.

-Bitdefender virus/malware protection configuration.

-Powershell code examples; Get-Service, Get-Process, Get-ExecutionPolicy, ping www.google.com , Get-Process | Format-List, Get-Job, Get-ScheduledJob, Get-Module –ListAvailable, Test-Connection localhost, Get-EventLog system, Clear-EventLog.

-Direct Access Configuration.

-Hyper-V Installing.

• Windows Server Configuration

-Introduction to Editions & Features ( 2008 R2, 2012 R2, 2016 )

-Initial Configuration with Task Wizard ( Time, Name, IP, Update )

• Hyper-V Configuration

-Introduction of Hyper-V Manager ( Create New Machine, Import Virtual Machine, Edit Disk, Import Disk, Virtual Network Manager, Save&Pause States, Hyper-V Settings )

-Live Migration Process

-Fail over Cluster Manager ( Cluster Shared Volume, Cluster Storage )

-Overview of System Center Virtual Machine Manager

-Disk Configuration ( Fixed Size, Dynamically Expanding, Differencing )

-PowerShell codes for managing Hyper-V objects, including VMs, network adapters and VHDs.

-Hyper-V Replica

• Virtualization

-Introduction to Server and Network Virtualization

• Disk Configuration

-Disk Management ( Dynamic Disk, Master Boot Record, GUID Partition Table, Spanned Volume, Stripped Volume, Mirrored Volume, RAID-5 Volume, Extending a Volume, Shrinking a Volume, Adding a Mirror to a Volume )

1. Assignment; Windows Server 2008 R2 Disk Configuration and Hyper-V Configuration. Implement Disk and Hyper-V Configurations with explanations and screen captures.

Disk Configuration ( Dynamic Disk, Master Boot Record, GUID Partition Table, Spanned Volume, Stripped Volume, Mirrored Volume, RAID-5 Volume, Extending a Volume, Shrinking a Volume, Adding a Mirror to a Volume ).

Hyper-V Configuration ( Cluster Shared Volumes, Live Migration )

Email to belgin.tastan@itcollege.ee

• Server Back-up

-Full Back Up

-Incremental Backup

-Differential Backup

• Items in Backup

-Bare Metal

-System State

-Full

-Individuals Volumes

-Files or Volumes

• Backup resources

- Shared folders

- Removable media

- Internal hard disk

- External hard disk

• Fail Over Cluster

-Creating Fail Over Cluster

-Adding Disks to a Cluster

-Creating a Cluster Shared Volume ( CSV )

• Redundant Array of Independent Disks ( RAID ) Types

- RAID 0

- RAID 1

- RAID 5

- RAID 10 ( 1+0 )

- RAID 6

- RAID 00

- RAID 50

- RAID 60

Exercises

-Adding 2 more disks and make it mirror disk. Take Bare Metal Backup in to this location.

-Adding 1 more disk and take Full Backup in to this location.

Exercises

- Local Admin Password changing with PowerShell.exe

Instructions

From a computer :

1.open Powershell as administrator

2.make sure that executionpolicy allow script execution

3.Type : resetlocalAdminpassword.ps1 -newpassword <password> where <password> is the new value of your password

https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Reset-Local-Administrator-e3023c3a

- Firewall should disabled in Group Policy Object Editor

- Windows Defender should disabled in Group Policy Object Editor

- Windows Update should disabled in Group Policy Object Editor

- Smart Screen should disabled in Group Policy Object Editor

- User Account Control Settings should force to low level

- IPV6 should force to Up and Running in Group Policy Object Editor

- Audit Logs should force to disabled in Group Policy Object Editor

- C$ Restriction. User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Explorer - "Hide these specified drives in My Computer" and "Prevent access to drives from My Computer". Both are set to "Enabled" with the option "Restrict C drive only".

• DNS Configuration

- Understanding and Managing DNS

- Introduction to the DNS

- DNS Components; The name space, The servers, The resolvers.

- DNS Structure and Hierarchy

- The DNS in Context

 NOTE: Everyone will bring an example of Amplification attacks to talk about.

Resource Records and Records Types

Forward and Reverse Lookup Zone

DNS Replication

• Active Directory

- AD DS Physical Components

Domain Controllers, Global Catalog Servers, Data Store, Replication, Sites.

- AD DS Logical Components

AD DS Schema, The Basics, Trusts, AD DS Objects.

- Protocol

- What is Authentication?

- What is Authorization?

- Why Deploy AD DS?

- Centralized Network Management

- Requirements for Installing AD DS

- Overview of AD DS and DNS

- Overview of AD DS Components

Installation and Management AD

Observe the installation of AD DS Active Directory Users and Computers Active Directory Administrative Center Active Directory Sites and Services

- Creating new user accounts

- To join computers running Windows Server 2008 R2

• Setting up GPO-s
• Remotely configuring workstations
• Virtual Private Network
• Printer Configuration
• Exchange Server

https://www.itcollege.ee/tudengile/oppehoone/tehnika-kasutamine/#Microsoft

Linux:

• Configuration management using Puppet
• Setting up fileserver using Samba, identity mapping
• Setting up Samba as domain controller and/or joining Samba to AD domain
• Using samba-tool to manage user accounts and DNS records on domain controller
• Interacting with domain controller using LDAP
• Configuring Postfix and Dovecot servers for sending e-mail via SMTP and receiving e-mail over IMAP
• Creating service accounts and authenticating network services (gogs, wiki, etc) with LDAP
• Guidelines for hardening Ubuntu installation

Linux

Interacting with domain controller

Video recording of the lecture/lab here: https://echo360.e-ope.ee/ess/echo/presentation/a5a41d62-f6b3-4a6a-9a3b-6049dfbea5c9

If you're attempting to run these commands on a blank Ubuntu box you need to install couple packages:

 apt install nmap dnsutils krb5-user ldap-utils libsasl2-modules-gssapi-mit samba-common cifs-utils
 pip install pyldap

Figure out what are the host name(s) of the domain controller(s) for INTRA.ITCOLLEGE.EE realm:

 dig -t SRV _ldap._tcp.intra.itcollege.ee

Figure out which ports are open on the domain controller?

 nmap ...

Attempt to query information about your user account from the domain controller. Where is the e-mail being forwarded to? What is the security identifier for the user? What script is being executed when the user logs in to Windows workstation?

 ldapsearch -H ldap://... -W -D your-username@itcollege.ee -b ... samaccountname=target-username

Download and install Apache Directory Studio. Configure connection to the domain controller for browsing graphically.

Kerberos client commands

List Kerberos tickets:

 klist

Flush credentials:

 kdestroy

Obtain new credentials. What is the error message returned upon incorrect password? What tickets were initialized by the command? What is the lifetime of the tickets?

 kinit your-username@INTRA.ITCOLLEGE.EE

Try to renew:

 krenew

Attempt same LDAP queries as you did before but now with Kerberos credentials by substituing -W -D ... flags with -Y GSSAPI:

 ldapsearch -H ldap://... -Y GSSAPI -b ... samaccountname=target-username

List Kerberos tickets again. What changed? Query the same information from another domain controller. What changed now?

Attempt the same query using Python, make modifications as necessary:

import ldap, ldap.sasl
l = ldap.initialize('ldap://...')
l.set_option(ldap.OPT_REFERRALS, 0)
l.sasl_interactive_bind_s('', ldap.sasl.gssapi())            
filter = '(&(objectClass=user)(objectCategory=person)(samaccountname=target-username))'
r = l.search_s('dc=...,dc=...,dc=...',ldap.SCOPE_SUBTREE,filter,['cn','mail'])
for dn,entry in r:
    if not dn: continue
    full_name, = entry["cn"]
    mail, = entry["mail"]
    print full_name, mail

Browsing file shares

Using Samba client tools list filesystem shares from domain controller:

smbclient -k ... -L

List Kerberos tickets again. What changed?

List files in the NETLOGON share:

 smbclient -k //.../netlogon -c ls

Download the login script whose filename was previously figured out with LDAP query.

 smbclient -k //.../netlogon -c "get ..."

What commands are executed when Windows workstation logs in?

Attempt to browse shares from the fileserver using smbclient.

Open graphical filesystem browser of Ubuntu (nautilus). Press Ctrl-L to open up address bar. Attemp to browse shares at domain controller using smb:// scheme at fileserver.

Setting up domain controller

Video recording available here: https://echo360.e-ope.ee/ess/echo/presentation/9c28f070-0aee-4d34-930b-b043938beca8?ec=true

Samba 4.x is a software suite that provides functionality very close to Microsoft's Active Directory. This allows you to centrally manage user accounts, DNS records and Windows workstations. Samba is integral part of several Linux distributions such as Zentyal, Uninvention Corporate Server which are specifically targeted to small/medium sized enterprises.

Samba can also be installed on any other Linux distribution in which case some manual configuration is necessary and this is what following is about.

In this case domain controller is set up at dc1.mycorp.lan Make sure /etc/hosts and /etc/hostname correspond to your setup. Change arguments as necessary.

Set up a blank Ubuntu 16.04 server machine.

Install packages:

 apt-get install samba samba-vfs-modules smbclient winbind krb5-user ldap-utils

Provision domain controller using Samba, note that capitalization matters:

 rm -fv /etc/samba/smb.conf
 samba-tool domain provision --server-role=dc --domain=MYCORP --realm=MYCORP.LAN

Reconfigure Kerberos client configuration:

 rm -fv /etc/krb5.conf
 ln -s /var/lib/samba/private/krb5.conf /etc/krb5.conf

Set domain administrator account password:

 samba-tool user setpassword administrator

Reconfigure password expiration, in this case password expiration is disabled:

 samba-tool domain passwordsettings set --max-pwd-age=0
 samba-tool domain passwordsettings set --min-pwd-age=0

Open /etc/samba/smb.conf and in the [global] section specify upstream DNS server:

 dns forwarder = 8.8.8.8

Start services:

 service smbd stop
 service nmbd stop
 service samba-ad-dc stop
 service samba-ad-dc start

Reconfiguring DHCP options

Now usually at this point you would reconfigure your router to serve:

• the IP address of the domain controller as the DNS server (DHCP option 6)
• the correct domain suffix, which in this case is mycorp.lan (DHCP option 15)
• the correct search domain, again in this case mycorp.lan (DHCP option 119)

When working with VirtualBox and not wanting to set up a whole virtual machine for routing you can use VirtualBox's NatNetwork feature with DHCP disabled and install DHCP server on the domain controller instead. In VirtualBox main menu click Preferences and create a new NATNetwork with DHCP disabled:

Configure a static IP address for the domain controller in /etc/network/interfaces and reboot the box:

 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
 
 auto enp0s3
 iface enp0s3 inet static
   address 10.0.2.15
   netmask 255.255.255.0
   gateway 10.0.2.2
   dns-nameservers 127.0.0.1
   dns-domain mycorp.lan
   dns-search mycorp.lan

At the domain controller install ISC DHCP server package:

 apt install isc-dhcp-server

Remove existing configuration file:

 rm /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf

In the same file configure the DHCP server:

 subnet 10.0.2.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
   range 10.0.2.100 10.0.2.200;
   option domain-name "mycorp.lan";
   option domain-search "mycorp.lan";
   option domain-name-servers 10.0.2.15;
   option routers 10.0.2.2;
 }

Save the file and restart service:

 systemctl restart isc-dhcp-server

Joining workstations to domain

Download Windows 10 ISO, install it and join it to domain. Proceed to install Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools to manage your domain controller. Log in with Other user and specify either mycorp\administrator or administrator@mycorp.lan as username. Verify that file shares at \\dc1.mycorp.lan are browseable.

Boot Ubuntu MATE LiveCD and install Ubuntu on the harddisk. Join it to domain using realmd and afterwards try to interact with the domain controller as shown in previous session:

 apt install realmd
 realm --verbose join mycorp.lan
 pam-auth-update # Tick "Create home directory on login" and press enter

Try to log out and log in with administrator@mycorp.lan and the domain administrator password.