Active Directory Basics - TryHackMe Write-up
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- Name: Active Directory Basics
- Description: Learn the basics of Active Directory and how it is used in the real world today
- Difficulty: Easy
- Room link: https://tryhackme.com/room/activedirectorybasics
Write-up
Task 2
Q: What database does the AD DS contain?
A: NTDS.dit
Q: Where is the NTDS.dit stored?
A: %SystemRoot%\NTDS
Q: What type of machine can be a domain controller?
A: Windows server
Task 3
Q: What is the term for a hierarchy of domains in a network?
A: Tree
Q: What is the term for the rules for object creation?
A: Domain Schema
Q: What is the term for containers for groups, computers, users, printers, and other OUs?
A: Organizational Units
Task 4
Q: Which type of groups specify user permissions?
A: Security Groups
Q: Which group contains all workstations and servers joined to the domain?
A: Domain Computers
Q: Which group can publish certificates to the directory?
A: Cert Publishers
Q: Which user can make changes to a local machine but not to a domain controller?
A: Local Administrators
Q: Which group has their passwords replicated to read-only domain controllers?
A: Allowed RODC Password Replication Group
Task 5
Q: What type of trust flows from a trusting domain to a trusted domain?
A: Directional
Q: What type of trusts expands to include other trusted domains?
A: Transitive
Task 6
Q: What type of authentication uses tickets?
A: Kerberos
Q: What domain service can create, validate, and revoke public key certificates?
A: Certificate Services
Task 7
Q: What is the Azure AD equivalent of LDAP?
A: Rest APIs
Q: What is the Azure AD equivalent of Domains and Forests?
A: Tenants
Q: What is the Windows Server AD equivalent of Guests?
A: Trusts
Task 8
Q: What is the name of the Windows 10 operating system?
A: Windows 10 Enterprise Evaluation
Q: What is the second "Admin" name?
A: Admin2
Q: Which group has a capital "V" in the group name?
A: Hyper-V Administrators
Q: When was the password last set for the SQLService user?
A: 5/13/2020 8:26:58 PM
