Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) 2.0 simplifies access to systems and applications by using a claims-based access (CBA) authorization mechanism to maintain application security. AD FS supports web SSO technologies that help information technology (IT) organizations collaborate across organizational boundaries.
Bash (Bourne Again Shell ) is the free version of the Bourne shell distributed with Linux and GNU operating systems. Bash is similar to the original, but has added features such as command line editing. Download this free guide.
There are a lot of different shells available for Linux but usually the bash (bourne again shell) is used for shell programming as it is available for free and is easy to use. So all the scripts we will write in this article use the bash (but will most of the time also run with its older sister, the bourne shell).