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Executing the command, all currently active users and processes are informed that the system is shutting down. New login attempts are not permitted when it is initiated.Syntaxshutdown [OPTIONS]... [TIME] [MESSAGE]Useful Options -r → Asks for the system to be restarted following a shutdown. -h → Equivalent to halt unless power is off depending on the specified option. -H → Stops the operating system. -P → Powers off the machine. -c → Cancels a shutdown that is currently in effect. This can be used to invoke a shutdown with a time argument other than “+0” or “now.” -k → Does not halt, power off or reboot, only sends out the warning messages.47. rebootUsing the reboot command in Linux, any user can restart the whole system using the command line interface.Syntaxreboot [OPTION]...Useful Options -d, –no-wtmp → Does not write wtmp record during reboot. –help → Prints a short help text and then exits. -f, –force → Forcefully reboots the system. –no-wall → Does not send any wall message during reboot. -p, –poweroff → Power off the machine.48. mountThe mount command in Linux is used to attach a removable storage device or filesystem to an existing directory making them accessible. All files on the device are placed in a big tree-like hierarchy, starting from the root directory (noted as / ). Just like the root holds the tree, all the child filesystems emerge like the branches from the root directory. And the mount command helps to mount the device filesystem to the Linux filesystem (large tree structure).Syntaxmount [OPTION]... Note: Only a superuser can mount filesystems. So to run the command use ‘sudo’ ( Substitute User DO) before the command. Temporarily it allows you to appoint your current user to have root privileges.Useful Options -a –all → Mounts all files listed in /etc/fstab. -o –options → Limits the file system set that -a applies to. -t –type → Indicates the file system type. -T → Specifies an alternative /etc/fstab file. -l → Lists all the files mounted and added labels to each device. -L –label → Mounts the partition with the specified label. -M

Looking for a Centrify Mac Express alternative. AD and macOS® DevicesThe reason that IT admins need to leverage non-Microsoft tools to integrate macOS devices with AD is actually pretty simple: Microsoft and Apple® have no reason to cooperate on this problem. By providing the ability to integrate Macs with AD out of the box, many users might actually pick macOS devices over Windows® systems. With more organizations utilizing Mac endpoints than ever before, Microsoft may perceive this as a threat to their dominance in the operating system (OS) space. Of course, that’s not Microsoft’s only stronghold. As the principal player in directory services solutions, AD is still embedded in the majority of organizations’ IT stacks. Simply put, if you’re an organization leveraging a directory service, there is a pretty strong chance that you’re using AD, hence the reason for Centrify’s Mac Express. Because Apple and Microsoft don’t see a reason to cooperate, an outside party created a solution that enabled IT admins to manage the Mac systems and users that were in their IT environments. Centrify’s Mac SolutionThe biggest reason for the Centrify Mac Express product was to bring Mac user and system management up to par with what was already expected between AD and Windows. There are two different aspects at play here when we begin to discuss what that looks like: system management and user management. For systems, Centrify Express enabled IT admins to leverage system features like setting screen lock timers, pushing automatic OS updates, and other GPO-like functions. For user management, the biggest draw for IT admins was that Centrify enabled IT admins to create an identity in AD and have that identity work on Mac systems. It helped to centralize both user and system management. Unfortunately, for organizations that leaned on Centrify for their integration of Mac devices with AD, Centrify’s EOL represented a big blow to their ability to manage both Mac users and systems. So, many IT admins were forced to find a Centrify Mac Express Alternative. Mac User and System Management from the CloudFor IT admins in search of a solution that can fill the hole in their identity and access management (IAM) approach left by Centrify, JumpCloud®has a solution called Active Directory Integration that can replace Centrify’s Mac Express product in your stack. With it, IT admins get the features of Centrify Express like Mac user management via Active Directory, system management with GPO-like policies, and additional features like syncing AD users to G Suite™ and Azure® AD / Office 365™.Additionally, JumpCloud’s AD Sync feature, a subset of its Active Directory Integration, enables end users on Windows and Mac machines to change their password on the system and have it propagate out to AD. Linux users can change their password in the JumpCloud user console and expect the same result, too. Plus, users don’t even need to connect to a VPN to make password changes happen. In addition, it works the other way too, with password changes in AD going out

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